BBC News April 18, 2020 A 99-year-old war veteran has been left “speechless” after raising more than £23m for the NHS. Capt Tom Moore originally aimed to raise just £1,000 for NHS Charities Together by completing 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. The Duke of Cambridge hailed him as a “one-man fundraising machine”. His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore said: “There are no words left to say. We cannot believe people’s generosity and he’s just floored by it.” https://youtu.be/VI312DX1Zrk ‘A-list celebrity’ Ms Ingram-Moore continued: “We’re all speechless. It’s not even two weeks since this started. We’re just working our socks off supporting him and this phenomenon. “Yesterday we did 35 interviews and another 17 today but the Yorkshireman takes it all in his stride. “He’s become an A-list celebrity. I’m just the sidekick.” More than a million people have now made donations to his JustGiving page. And more than…
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