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Benji, georgia by his bedside and lucy has daughter on facetime. they say they spent hours chatting to him, talking about their childhood and their wonderful mother, sharing laughter and tears. together. you may remember that when we heard he had gone into bedford hospital over the weekend, a spokesman for the family said that he actually hadnt been able to get the covid—19 vaccine because of the medication that he had been taking for new mania. but the family say they medical care he received...

Welcome to viewers on bbc one for this new slice. in the past 30 minutes it has been announced that captain sir tom moore has died. he was 100 years old and had raised almost £33 million for the national health service, and was taken to hospital earlier this week with coronavirus. the army veteran from west yorkshire came to prominence by walking 100 laps of his garden in bedfordshire during the first national lockdown. he bedfordshire during the first national lockdown.— bedfordshire during ...

Nhs, 32.7 million to be precise. he was taken to bedford hospital after requiring help with his breathing on sunday. our correspondent david sillitoe takes a look back at his life. it began as a little family challenge, 100 laps of the garden to mark his 100th birthday, and so began his extraordinary journey. born in keighley in 1920, he joined the west yorkshire regiment after being born and served in burma. before the virus the closest he came to fame was an appearance on blankety blank. tom, ...

Captain sirtom captain sir tom moore. the word inspirational is an understatement. what began as a little family challenged to do 100 laps of his garden became a fundraising juggernaut. £39 million. born in keighley in 1920, he served in burma during the war. after that he run a business and the closest he had ever come to fame was an appearance on blankety blank. come to fame was an appearance on blankety blank-— come to fame was an appearance on blankety blank. tom, have you got a famil or ...

Definitely the word that he brought to so many of us and i used to be told in so many occasions by people i spoke to that he had inspired and particularly inspired so many artists as well who really wanted to capture that essence of him as a man, as they hope and the inspiration that he brought to others, and there is a particular artist that was telling me about every time he saw him on the tv during the first lockdown, just what a difference just listening to captain tom made to him at that ti...

Good afternoon. in the last hour, its been announced that captain sir tom moore has died. captain tom, who was 100 years old, and had raised almost £33 million for the nhs, was taken to hospital earlier this week, with coronavirus. the army veteran, originally from keighley in west yorkshire, came to prominence by walking 100 laps of his garden in bedfordshire, during the first national lockdown. he was knighted by the queen last summer. buckingham palace has issued a statement saying: "the que...

Their homes safe. yesterday, opposition mps backed a labour motion to set up a national task force to deal with the cladding crisis, in which conservative mps abstained. damejudi dench, sir lenny henry and benedict cumberbatch have launched this years red nose day fundraising campaign. the money raised will go towards tackling issues such as homelessness and domestic abuse; with some funds set aside to support those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. the red noses for this years campaign are ...

Family statement, saying, weve had many inquiries asking if captain tom had been offered the vaccine. due to other medication he was receiving for pneumonia, he was unable to be vaccinated. the statement also said that referee had been receiving treatment for prostate and skin cancer for the past five years but with the help of his medical team, had made the decision not to have invasive treatment, and a family statement also saying, bit of additional information, doctors were consulted before s...

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Team -- phil, excuse me. im going to ask them take the banner down off the screen. you can see dozens of police officers, law enforcement there, maybe even some of them are fbi agents. we dont know. we cant tell everybody. look at the salute. as you noted, we didnt notice this before. it was happening live. this is a funeral possession. when you see the reaction of those saluting that body draped in the american flag, you know the enormity of the moment there for all law enforcement, the fbi, th...