Captain Sir Tom Moore’s funeral will be held on Saturday in small, private service – as his family urge the public to stay at home By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 10:23 GMT, 22 February 2021 | Updated: 10:25 GMT, 22 February 2021 The funeral of Captain Sir Tom Moore will be held on Saturday, … Read more
A Celtic fan has denied sending an ‘offensive’ tweet about Captain Sir Tom Moore that read ‘burn, auld fella, buuurn’ a day after the war hero and NHS fundraiser’s death. Joseph Kelly, 35, from Castlemilk in Glasgow, allegedly tweeted on February 3: ‘The only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella, buuuuurn.’ He … Read more
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter today revealed the family received a ‘lovely letter for the Queen’ following his death, adding that the monarch felt ‘genuine loss’. Hannah Ingram-Moore said the Queen and her 100-year-old father, who raised nearly £33million for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden, were ‘two similar souls’. She joked that … Read more
The decision by Police Scotland to charge a man over an offensive tweet about Captain Sir Tom Moore provoked a free speech outcry today. A tweet sent shortly after war hero’s death last Tuesday read: ‘The only good Brit soldier is a deed one, burn auld fella, buuuuurn.’ Joseph Kelly will appear at Lanark Sheriff … Read more
Sunday, January 31 Captain Sir Tom Moore has been hospitalised with Covid-19 following a bout of pneumonia, and the news hit me like a gut punch. Given the great man’s age, 100, and the fact he also has pneumonia, it’s obviously a very serious situation. How cruelly ironic that this national hero is now battling … Read more
‘He was the epitomé of selfless grace’: Carol Vorderman calls for a ‘Captain Sir Tom Moore day’ in honour of the veteran after his death from Covid aged 100 By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 00:53 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 01:00 GMT, 6 February 2021 Carol Voderman has called for a ‘Captain Sir … Read more
Tom Teixeira knew his grandad had become famous when his phone started being permanently engaged. Tom Jnr would ring Captain Sir Tom Moore — whose death this week has prompted a national outpouring of grief and calls for a memorial in his honour — and find he couldn’t get through. ‘A couple of times I … Read more
Captain Sir Tom Moore is fundraising from the grave as sales of charity NHS single You’ll Never Walk Alone surge 1864% in the days following his death Sales of Captain Sir Tom Moore’s single have surged in the wake of his death Sales and streaming of his version of You’ll Never Walk Alone surged by … Read more
‘Quiet’ send off for Captain Tom: War hero’s daughter says family are planning funeral that would be ‘suitable for him’ after his death aged 100 Captain Sir Tom Moore died on Tuesday after testing positive for Covid-19 Daughter Lucy Teixeira said the family is planning a ‘suitably quiet’ funeral National plans could include having an NHS … Read more
The NHS trust that treated Captain Tom Moore for pneumonia admitted in a board meeting that a ‘significant proportion’ of its Covid patients caught the virus in hospital. Captain Tom, dubbed a national hero and knighted by the Queen for raising over £33million for NHS charities during the Covid crisis, died on Tuesday aged 100. … Read more