a world war ii veteran born in keighley, he had served in burma in the west yorkshire regiment. some money for nhs charities and set what they thought was a bold target, £1000. within a day, we had reached a couple of thousand, and we thought, "are we dreaming of heights of £5000 by the end of the month?" we were floored at the thought of 5000. a week later, it had slipped past a million. steady, determined, optimistic, captain tom was proving inspirational and as he began today's final lap, the total stood at more than £12 million. he stepped towards the finish line to a chorus of congratulations. hi, tom. ben stokes here. what you have achieved is fantastic. the funds you have raised for the real heroes today are sensational. i want to say thank you for everything you have done, congratulations on a brilliant idea and pulling it off and doing it all before your 100th birthday. on behalf of the yorkshire regiment family, i would like to say thank you to captain tom moore for your amazing fundraising efforts. thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! and then the moment. 100 laps co

a world war ii veteran born in keighley, he had served in burma in the west yorkshire regiment.set what they thought was a bold target, £1000. within a day or so, we had reached a couple of thousand and we thought, are we dreaming of the dizzying heights of £5,000 by the end of the month? we just couldn't believe it — were floored at the thought of 5,000. a week later, it had slipped past a million. steady, determined, optimistic, captain tom was proving inspirational. as he began today's final lap, the total stood at more than £12 million. he stepped towards the finish line to a chorus of congratulations. hi, tom — ben stokes here. what you have managed to achieve is absolutely fantastic. the funds you have raised for the real heroes today is simply sensational. i want to say thank you very much indeed for everything you have done, it's amazing. congratulations on a brilliant idea and pulling it off and doing it all before your 100th birthday. on behalf of the whole yorkshire regiment family, i'd like to say thank you to you, captain tom moore, for your amazing fundraising effo

in behalf of the yorkshire regiment familyl birthday.o say thank you to captain tom moore for your amazing fundraising efforts. thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! and among those offering congratulations, the nurses who cared for captain tom during his recent hip surgery and made all this possible. we are very proud of him, we adore him and we are honoured to be able to look after him because he always has a smile on his face and asked how you are, he is a true gentleman. and then the moment, 100 la ps gentleman. and then the moment, 100 laps completed, the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. we will get through it, it will all be right but it might take time, but at the end of the day we shall all be ok again and all those people finding it difficult at the moment, the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. not a keep walking. nota dry keep walking. not a dry eye in the house. pr

you know, the kernel of the yorkshire regiment said you were an absolute legend.ing like this. doing so well. knowing the reason we started this was for the national health service. and all the people who are supporting, all the people who are supporting, all the people who are finding it very difficult at the moment. some people are finding it difficult. being penned up in your own house for all this time. it will have to go on a little bit longer. i think you are all being very, very good and you are also being brave, being penned up are also being brave, being penned up in such a small space of time for so long, good for you! hannah, can you ask tom, i know it‘s a little bit of a struggle to hear things. can you ask him, for us, what advice he has? lots of people are struggling at the moment, they may be lonely, they may be worried, maybe a little frightened. what advice does he have for people? what advice does he have for people? what advice does he have for people? what advice do you have for people, there's lots of people feeling very lonely, frightened. th

on behalf of the yorkshire regiment family, i would like to say thank you to captain tom moore for yourng efforts. thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! and then the moment. 100 laps completed. the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. at the end of the day, we will all be ok again, and we are finding it difficult at the moment, but the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello to our viewers in the uk and also around the world. we'll be bringing you the latest briefing from the white house when that gets under way, we are expecting donald trump to start that and about 25 minutes' time, expected to an announce the guidelines for opening up announce the guidelines for opening up america again. we will cross to that life. but before that, let's have a look at some of the national and international papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringi

on behalf of the yorkshire regiment family i would like to say thank you to captain tom moore for yourng congratulations, the nurses who and then the moment. 100 laps completed. the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. at the end of the day we will all be ok again and we are finding it difficult at the moment, but the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. yes he is still walking so you can still give up. and in a few minutes time, viewers in britain can watch a special programme from around the uk as hundreds of thousands of people applaud our carers and emergency workers. that's here on bbc news at the top of the hour. the uk uniting for a fourth week to cla p the uk uniting for a fourth week to clap for carers. that's coming up. hello. another fine and hello. anotherfine and dry hello. another fine and dry day across hello. another fine and dry day a cross m ost hello. another fine and dry day across most of the uk. but tomorrow

honourfrom tom, approaching his 100th birthday, guard of honour from the first battalion, the yorkshire regimentnd there he is. congratulations!” keep on going, while people are still contributing to the national health service. this is bbc news with the latest headlines. ministers in the uk are expected to announce a three—week extension to the coronavirus lockdown — labour call for details on how and when the restrictions would end. if we just released all the measures now, then this virus would run rampant once again, and we can't let that happen. we would expect the lockdown to continue. we would support that. i actually called for a lockdown before the government introduced one. but we also want more detail from the government about what happens next. social care officials in the uk deliver a scathing assessment of the government's handling of the pandemic — in a leaked letter, they describe the distribution of protective kit for carers as "shambolic". president donald trump says parts of the us economy could reopen as early as this month. the battle continues, but the data suggests that na

on behalf of the whole yorkshire regiment family, i would like to say thank you to you, captain tom moore among those offering congratulations, the nurses who cared for captain tom during his recent hip surgery and made all this possible. and then the moment. 100 laps completed. the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. at the end of the day, we shall be all ok again and for all of those who are finding it difficult at the moment, the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. david sillito, bbc news. and he's since passed $20 million. we will keep you updated. the elusive artist banksy — famous for graffiti — has revealed his latest work in lockdown. he posted a series of pictures showing rats causing mayhem in his bathroom, with the caption: "my wife hates it when i work from home". the images show rats stepping on a tube of toothpaste, swinging from the mirror and skipping on a roll of toilet paper. banksy‘s identity has never been publi

his challenge at his home in bedforshire complete with a guard of honour by soldiers from the yorkshire regimenton, so far. and the money is still pouring in. david sillito reports. you start at the beginning. captain tom moore was keen to do things properly on the final leg of a journey that had begun as a family challenge and turned into something extraordinary. i think it's a fantastic sum of money, we never imagined that sum of money, it's unbelievable that people have been so kind. it began just over a week ago. the target, 100 laps to mark his 100th birthday at the end of the month. a world war ii veteran born in keighley, he had served in burma. the family hoped they might be able to raise some money for nhs charities and set what they thought was a bold target, £1000. within a day we had reached a couple of thousands and we thought, are we dreaming of the dizzying heights of £5,000 by the end of the month? we were floored at the thought of 5,000. a week later, it had slipped past a million. steady, determined, optimistic, captain tom was proving inspirational and as he began today's fina

a guard of honour from the 1st battalion, the yorkshire regiment. inches to go. and there he is.o you feel this morning? fine! i mean, i'm surrounded by the right sort of people. so yes, ifeelfine, and i hope you're all feeling fine, too! doesn't matter how many times you hear from doesn't matter how many times you hearfrom him, it brings a tear to the eye. captain tom waited to do this challenge to say thank you to the nhs after he was treated for a broken hip and skin cancer. claire baxter—mcgriesh is a nurse and claire alazjooz is a physician associate at tom's local surgery. they spoke to the bbc earlier about his achievement. very teary. very proud of him. we adore him, and we arejust honoured to be able to look after him, because he always had a smile on his face, always asks how you are. he is a true, true gentleman. it means the world... that something. you know, even before he did this, you would have said he was lovely anyway, wouldn't you ? i do truly love him. he is a popular man at our surgery anyway. what is he like as a patient? you can tell us now. so every time h

on behalf of the yorkshire regiment family i would like to say thank you to captain tom moore for yourazing fundraising efforts. thank you, captain tom, from the nhs! and then the moment. 100 laps completed. the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. at the end of the day we will all be ok again and we are finding it difficult at the moment, but the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. and in the time it took that report, he's raised another few thousand. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. i think ithinki i think i have some good news today, especially for gardeners, growers and farmers. rain on the way and it's been incredibly dry for the last few weeks, certainly since the lockdown, you've noticed how warm, sunny and dry it has been but there is some rain on the waiver tomorrow. notan is some rain on the waiver tomorrow. not an awful lot, not enough, but it it is some good news for nature. this is where th

a guard of honour from the 1st battalion, the yorkshire regiment. inches to go. and there he is.and it is still climbing, nearly £13 million. a man who set off to raise £1000 has raised nearly 13 million. what a legend. every day we‘re taking a deeper look at the pandemic in ‘coronavirus explained‘. today, it‘s the numbers. what statistics can we trust, and which of them should we be wary of? one of the most confusing is the number of deaths, because of differences in the way they are recorded and reported. take this graph of excess deaths here in the uk. there is clearly a huge rise in the number of people who have died, but only around half of them are recorded as covid—related. which means the rest are unexplained. we also need to be careful about international comparisons. here we can see big differences in the number of deaths between the united states, the uk, italy, germany and india. but a graph of their numbers of cases gives a completely different picture. a big reason for this is testing. here are the testing rates for each of those countries. a completely different gr

as the yorkshires's regimental motto says, fortune favours the brave, and this brave soldier is continuinglion. good morning, he watches. i hope you are getting a lion. there's a warning about permanent job losses unless the government urgently extends itsjob retention scheme. ben's got more for us. he's in our business newsroom. good morning. you are right. remember the chancellor announced the plan to help workers temporarily laid off with the government paying up laid off with the government paying up to 80% of the salary. business welcomed that move but it was only designed to last three months, until 1st ofjune. the lockdown will continue another three weeks. 0ne business group is warning that unless the scheme is extended, and soon, some companies will be forced to permanently lay off staff. dame carolyn fairbairn is the director general of the confederation of british industry and joins me talk me through this warning, why are you worried jobs could start being lost permanently? it is worth thinking back to the launch of the job protection scheme four weeks ago and there was cheerin

on behalf of the yorkshire regiment family, i would like to say thank you to captain tom moore for yourl this possible. we are very proud of him, we adore him and we are honoured to be able to look after him, because he always has a smile on his face and asks how you are, he is a true gentleman. and then the moment — 100 laps completed, the millions raised honouring both the nhs and captain tom's determination and eternal optimism. we will get through it in the end, it will all be right but it might take time, but at the end of the day, we shall all be ok again and all those people finding it difficult at the moment, the sun will shine on you again and the clouds will go away. however, it's not over yet. if people keep giving, captain tom will keep walking. and we can just show you captain tom's fundrasing page now — almost £14 million and still climbing. very nearly at £40 million. somebody is going to press a button and refresh it as well. we have been slightly obsessed with it. it is there! £40 million. captain tom moore, and more than £40 million raised for nhs charities. planned on