Sword placed on Captain Sir Tom Moore’s coffin will go on display at Yorkshire museum

The sword placed on Captain Sir Tom Moore‘s coffin inscribed with the badge of his old unit, the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, will go on display at a Yorkshire museum. The specially-commissioned blade appeared on the casket alongside the union flag, Cpt Sir Tom’s war medals and his knighthood medal during the funeral last month.  … Read more

JANET STREET-PORTER: I don’t know Kate Garraway but she is the heroine we need right now

I’ve never met TV presenter Kate Garraway but I am in awe of this woman. She’s my Covid heroine, a beacon of positivity, epitomising the very best can-do spirit that sums up the British. Captain Tom Moore inspired and united millions of us with his unfailing cheerfulness and positivity, and after watching the harrowing documentary … Read more

Flags are flown at half mast across Britain ahead of funeral for Captain Tom Moore

Flags across the country were flown at half mast this morning as the nations prepares to say goodbye to NHS fundraising hero Sir Captain Tom Moore.  The NHS fundraising hero’s funeral will take place just after 11am this morning and he will be buried in the family plot in his hometown of Keighley, West Yorkshire.  … Read more

Flags are flown at half mast across Britain ahead of funeral for Sir Captain Tom Moore

Flags across the country were flown at half mast this morning as the nations prepares to say goodbye to NHS fundraising hero Sir Captain Tom Moore.  The NHS fundraising hero’s funeral will take place just after 11am this morning and he will be buried in the family plot in his hometown of Keighley, West Yorkshire.  … Read more

Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter reveals his funeral wishes, including writer-inspired epitaph

Captain Sir Tom Moore‘s daughter has today revealed the fundraising hero’s funeral wishes, ahead of plans to celebrate his remarkable life this weekend. Hannah Ingram-Moore said the 100-year-old World War Two veteran had set out his requests in a ‘lovely’ and ‘open’ conversation prior to his death.  She revealed the national treasure wanted Victoria sponge … Read more

Pictured: Celtic fan, 35, charged over ‘offensive’ tweet about Captain Tom Moore

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

The Queen ‘feels genuine loss for Captain Sir Tom Moore’

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