News Puzzle by Andrei

WHEN 99-year-old Captain Tom Moore decided to try to raise

£1,000 for the NHS by walking round his garden, the ex-soldier

could never have imagined that his walker target would actually

reach £26 million, and counting.

Captain Tom – as he is now known to

millions of people – thought he’d raise some

money to thank the doctors and nurses who

are working so hard in the NHS, by walking

100 lengths of his garden. It’s no small challenge for someone of his age,

especially using a wheeled modest Setting off on 10 April, he planned to

finish by his 100th birthday on 30 April, but

managed to complete the challenge 14 days

early! People were so inspired by his

kind gesture and determination that money began to flood in to the fund

that had been set up, quickly reaching

millions of pounds.

Celebrities and stars chipped in, not least

Piers Morgan, the Good Morning Britain

presenter, who donated £10,000.

Since then, Tom has been praised by

Health Secretary Matt Hancock, and the

prime minister has said he is looking at a way

to honour him.

Captain Tom probably never thought

that he would have a chart hit at his age

either. Along with the singer Michael Ball

and the NHS Voices of Care Choir, he has

released a version of You’ll Never Walk

Alone, which has topped the UK charts.

His slogan for fundraising is

‘tomorrow will be a good day’ and for Captain

Tom there have been a lot of unexpectedly

good days over the past couple of weeks.