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now i'm bbc news, this special programme documents the story of world war ii veteran, captain tom moore, who raised over £32 million for nhs charities to mark his 100th birthday. captain tom moore had a simple idea. he raised more than £30 million for nhs charities will travel to windsor castle today to be united with the queen. it will be her first face—to—face, it's the only honour to be ordered since the beginning of lockdown.

tom moore is now certain time, the 100—year—old world war ii veteran was united by —— knighted by queen elizabeth for an extraordinary job well done. for me, the queen was more than anyone could've expected. never did iimagine anyone could've expected. never did i imagine that i would get so close to the queen and have such a kind message from her. that was really outstanding. he really was truly outstanding. tomorrow will be a good day.

if we as a country can show the same spirit of optimism and energy shown by captain tom moore, then we will beat it. together, we will come through this all the faster. it's wonderful that everyone's been inspired by his determination. god knows what the final total will be. every crisis needs a hero, and in 2020 come in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, the uk found one. captain tom moore. hello, i michael ball, and this is the story of one man and his sheer determination to make a difference. in less than four weeks, captain tom moore raised over £32 million for nhs charities, found himself number one in the charts on his 100th birthday and received tens of

thousands of birthday cards. captain tom, we meet at last. where have you come from? i've been lurking down the bottom of your garden. how are you? fine, thank you. how are you? i'm really well. you marvellous to see you all come out of the blue. a man who served his country during world war two, was doing his bit for the national effort once more. a lovely story coming up, a 99—year—old war veteran has decided to walk 100 lengths of his back garden. he wants to raise money for the nhs. well, i have had such marvellous service from the national health service, particularly the nurses, they looked after me when i borke my hip.

we said, "oh, if you walk 100 times, your 100th birthday's coming up, we'll pay you a pound for every length that you do," and i think i said, "let's raise some money for charity." and he said, "well, let's raise it for covid—19, for the nhs." you're doing a good job, carry on, old boy! thank you from myself and from everybody at the royal armour corps and the nhs for everything you're doing. thank you captain tom! we were talking earlier to tom moore, who's walking 100 lengths of his back garden before his 100th birthday on 30th april.

and he hoped he would raise about £1,000. that went up to about £5,000. when we spoke to him and his lovely daughter hannah, in the first half of the show, they had just over £200,000. well, since we talked to him, another £45,000 had gone into hisjust giving page. the target had gone up to £100,000. let's make it £300,000, can we? can we do that? we then went i believe back on bbc breakfast on the bank holiday monday and i think the rest is chartered in history. i'm not sure we will ever forget it, but it's really hard for us to even rationalise it, to understand what truly happened, because from then things went crazy.

huge congratulations captain tom, you are absolutely brilliant. we love you. well done. congratulations on passing the million, you are an inspiration to us and to the millions of bbc breakfast viewers who have been supporting you as well. amazing. well done. what you've managed to do just shows how great humans are. the funds that you have managed to raise for the real heroes today is simply sensational. you may have heard the name captain tom moore around the world... newscast in german.

he's the humble world war two veteran who has captured the world's hearts. i know you must be absolutely exhausted, tom. no, lam. lam. you are! remember, i'm a yorkshireman. captain moore, it's damon hill here and i just want to say thank you very much indeed for everything you've done, it's amazing. hi, this is a message for captain tom moore, thank you so much for all of your efforts and how much money you've raised for the nhs. lots of love from everybody at the royal liverpool. thank you! thank you, captain tom from, the nhs! in less than a fortnight since captain tom began his challenge, he'd become a global sensation. your generosity meant that on the morning

he was due to complete his 100th lap, he'd raised more than £11 million. inches to go and there he is. congratulations. well done! absolutely amazing, amazing achievement. captain tom, how do you feel this morning? fine, fine, yes, i mean i'm surrounded by the right sort of people, so yes, i feel fine. i hope you're all feeling fine too. it is amazing, what i love also is he is a 99—year—old veteran and he has been around a long time, knows everything and it's wonderful that everyone kind of being inspired by his story and his determination. no, i think he is a one—man fund—raising machine and god know what is the final total will be. it's absolutely amazing that my

super prince can say some things like that. so, how do you top that? you'd think that a message from a future king would be the icing on the cake. but as he finished his walk, something happened on bbc breakfast that would mean that he and i would embark on an extraordinary musical journey together. we have got a special guest with us. we have got michael ball with us, who i know whose company you enjoy very much and michael wants to say thank you in his special way. morning, michael. good morning, naga and good morning tom and hannah. i go to bed it's10 million, i get up, it's 12 million. what's going on? tom, it's an extraordinary achievement and i have been trying to think of a song that encapsulates what you're doing, how you're inspiring all of us and... i have one i think. i'm sort of stealing it from the people of liverpool.

but it seemed appropriate. is it ok if i sing it for you? michael, i suggest you go ahead and we all, tom included, will listen. # when you walk through a storm, hold your head up high... # and don't be afraid of the dark. # at the end of the storm. # there's a golden sky. # and the sweet silver song of the lark... sing it with me. # when you walk through a storm, hold your head up high # and don't be afraid of the dark. # at the end of the storm # there's a golden sky.

# and the sweet silver song of the lark. i need to say congratulations because you are the uk's official number one. that really is truly amazing, isn't it? also, this is another world record because the oldest person in the world to ever be number one. laughter. that's lovely! it's hard to say what it is. it is so funny! it really is. that is a special something. # walk on through the the rain...

i think on a personal note, and georgia can say it as well, he's been our hero since before we were born, we've always loved and cherished him, i've lived with him since i was three and she said she was born. he's been a vital part of a life, we had struggling moments when dad has been in hospital and so on and he's been a real rock in the family and it shows in interviews when you see him that he is a really good guy and i'm so glad we can share him with you. everyone's like, "aren't you captain tom moore's granddaughter?" like, yes. everyone is coming up to us. it has been great even though we had a social distance, everyone coming in saying thank you for what we have done. good morning, it's 8am and this is a very special breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. we are saying happy 100th birthday to captain tom moore. just three weeks ago, he set out to raise £1,000 for the nhs. almost £30 million later,

he is celebrating with a special honourfrom the queen, as the captain becomes a colonel. i was always proud to be in the duke of wellingtons and i still am. and i think if you get these, that is the icing on the cake. happy birthday, captain tom! happy birthday, captain tom, happy birthday to you! we can talk to the man himself. on behalf of bbc breakfast and everyone who has celebrated your achievements across the uk, let me wish you a very happy 100th birthday. thank you very much. how does it feel? 100 years old today! it hardly feels any

different than yesterday! i don't know what you're meant to feel like when you get to 100, i've never been 100 before! i know i speak for the whole country when i say we wish you a very happy 100th birthday. your heroic efforts have lifted the spirits of the entire nation and you've now inspired the most incredible generosity, raising over £29 million, supporting the cause closest to all our hearts. it is so well—deserved. honestly, i am in all of you. good morning and

happy birthday to you. congratulations. in one of the few people here who have seen ——

i am one of the few people here who have seen hurricanes and spitfires flying past in anger. fortunately, today they are all flying peacefully. fantastic! and thank you very much. thank you. the pleasure is all ours, captain tom. # happy birthday to you. # happy birthday to you # happy birthday, captain tom. # happy birthday to you! applause. captain tom, we meet at last. where have you come from?! i've been lurking down the bottom! how are you? i'm fine thank you, how are you?

marvellous to see you. it is marvellous to see you, it really is. an absolute surprise, i'd never expect to see you, and you disappeared from nowhere, thank you for coming, it is my greatest pleasure, and never ever expected to see you. it's been a long time coming, this, it's been one long months yes! since then. imean... it has been so amazing... before you and i was singing... that song... just a few words, i knew, and i didn't know all the words. i could never sing them in a various order but not in the right order. now the whole world knows that song and all the words, thanks to you. no, thanks to you, sir. you're marvellous, and i can walk up and down here

singig that little song. can you believe we were top of the charts? absolutely amazing! you are top of the charts, i was coming along behind you. i have to disagree, this was absolutely about you. i've never actually asked you what the music is that you were inspired by when you are growing up, what you listened to and what you like to listen to now. i like to listen to the sort of music that you and i sang. that is the sort of music i like, country and western type of music, i like. so do i. i always liked western films because the good one always wins. i don't like watching films

where all the baddies come out and the baddies win. i don't believe in that. i think the good ones should always win. if you are in a western, you'd be wearing a white hat? that's it. but you do love ken dodd, don't you? yes. the voice of ken dodd. he was a great singer. what's that lovely song? # when you're smiling # the whole world smiles with you... that's exactly right! what was the most surprising thing that has happened to you? i think when we started here and we thought, well, if i walk up and down we might make £1,000. and we did. and, then, hannah had an idea to go locally. after that, it went boom! so quickly it did and that was a big surprise. so, day after day the money kept coming in. it was unbelievable. as it grew, it grew and it grew, and it went on until that

magnificent figure in the end, wasn't it, for the nhs... over 32 million! that's a lot of money, isn't it? we never, ever anticipated that sort of money. i think you became almost a symbol and a focal point that people wanted to do their bit and they could do that through you. the thing i always believed when i said tomorrow is a good day, i think people, a lot of people, took on to that. it is because tomorrow could be a good day. the fact it never comes as another story. laughter. you can't say that! you can't say that. tomorrow will be a better day. tomorrow is a good day, it is. one of the things i think

people admired, and why they listened to your message, is because you are from that generation that went through the biggest trauma in world history with world war ii. do you think there were lessons that you learnt during that time when you fought that related to today? we were all comrades throughout the war and we remained, it and we were all friends together wherever you came from. if we are comrades in a battle against this virus. the other thing i haven't heard anybody ask you yet, and it's always fascinated me, what do you think your late wife would've made of all of this?

she would've thoroughly endured it, but she probably wouldn't, she would've thoroughly endured it, but she would've stood back a little bit and would've been standing like me and would've been standing like me and saying, that's what she would've done, enjoyed it quietly. she would've been very proud i'm sure. that's right. it is so well—deserved, what you have done in bringing together a nation and inspiring so many and helping those who really need it most, honestly, i helping those who really need it most, honestly, lam in all of helping those who really need it most, honestly, i am in all of you. by most, honestly, i am in all of you. by now a national treasure, the work for captain tom continued, a visit from david beckham saw him as leader of the line hard. captain tom, thank you for having me here today. i'm very excited about meeting you and it's a real pleasure for me to be down here to personally

say thank you, and also to present you with a little present from the england team. i'm delighted to receive that from you, especially from you. thank you very much indeed. a squad made up from the public who had helped during the year. then in december, we reunited for a performance on the royal variety show. we had hoped that tom was going to be able to be there live, but restrictions men tea couldn't, but joined us there live, but restrictions men tea couldn't, butjoined us virtually for the most emotional and powerful performance. it was a thrill. i came across captain tom at a time when i needed him, i needed an inspiration and a light at the end of the tunnel, and i saw tom, and i've been privileged to get to know him as we all have, and he has provided that. he has shown us the strength, the

dignity, the determination from the spirit that makes this country so special. he epitomises it, sir time, i salute you and i thank you from the bottom of my heart. —— sir tom. he's not slow down, magazine covers and setting up his legacy, the captain tom foundation, a charity which aims to help the lonely and people with mental health problems. so, time, i think there is one less thing to do. i think we should sing a little bit of our song together. are you happy to do that? yes. # when you walk through a storm, hold your head up high # and don't be afraid of the dark. # at the end of the storm # there's a golden sky and the sweet silver song of the lark.

# walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart! # and you'll never walk alone! # you'll never walk alone! # and you'll never walk alone. # you'll never walk alone. # you'll never walk alone!

hello there. as promised, the weather was pretty quiet on christmas day across most of the uk with some sunshine, but now, all eyes on the atlantic and the weather is about to turn. storm bella is expected to bring heavy rain and severe gales on boxing day night. the short term, the weather is actually not too bad, in fact, through the small hours of saturday morning, it's a case of increasing winds around coastal areas, but some heavy rain already reaching parts of western scotland. the bulk of the uk, i think i'm a fairly calm night.

0vercast in most areas, just a few showers here and there, and not cold at all. this is mild air being swept in five the storm. through the course of saturday, the weather is looking pretty decent, especially pa rt looking pretty decent, especially part eastern england. the midlands, eastern channel coast as well, some spun to connect sunny spells here, but generally speaking, fairmont of pride in the skies well. double figures in the south of the country, but at this stage, the weather is quickly deteriorating in the northwest of the uk as storm bella approaches. so, the thinking is that during the course of the evening on boxing day, the weather will go downhill first in the northwest of the uk and then quickly, the bad weather will spread from northwest towards the southeast, and we think that particularly along this cold front, we are going to see some nasty conditions across wales and also england, and that's where the worst of the winds will be. so the met office has issued an amber warning. this is certainly for southern parts of wales and along the english channel. damaging winds up the english channel. damaging winds up to 80 mph arejust

the english channel. damaging winds up to 80 mph are just possible, also across england, there will be gale force winds as well causing problems, so storm bella is likely to also bring some flooding, particularly across parts of wales in the southwest of the country, and those damaging winds as well. malcolm is a go through the course of sunday morning, that cold front sweeps out into the north sea and the continent, and then the winds will dramatically die down, and as far as sunday is concerned, it's a mixture of sunny spells, chilly conditions, and just about cold enough for some wintry weather here and there as well. we will find ourselves in the centre of that storm. we are still in the middle of the low pressure on monday, and there is just the the low pressure on monday, and there isjust the possibility the low pressure on monday, and there is just the possibility of some light sleet or snow almost anywhere across the uk even in the south of the country. bye—bye.

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