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Covid-19: Captain Sir Tom Moore in hospital with coronavirus - BBC News

Captain Sir Tom Moore has been admitted to hospital with coronavirus, his daughter has said.

The 100-year-old, who raised almost £33m for the NHS, was taken to Bedford Hospital after requiring help with his breathing, Hannah Ingram-Moore said on Twitter.

She said he had been treated for pneumonia over the past few weeks and last week tested positive for Covid-19.

Mrs Ingram-Moore said her father was not in intensive care.

A spokeswoman for the family said Capt Sir Tom had not yet received the Covid-19 vaccine due to the medication he was on for pneumonia.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: "You've inspired the whole nation, and I know we are all wishing you a full recovery."

The Army veteran came to prominence by walking 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, before his 100th birthday during the first national lockdown.

He was knighted by the Queen in July.

In December, he went on a family holiday in Barbados after British Airways paid for his flight.

In Mrs Ingram-Moore's tweet, she said her father had been at home with the family until Sunday when he "needed additional help with breathing".

She said the medical care he had received in the past few weeks had been "remarkable".

"We know that the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do all they can to make him comfortable and hopefully [he will] return home as soon as possible," she said.

There has been an outpouring of well wishes for the centenarian on social media.

The Twitter account for England's national football teams said: "We're very sorry to hear this. We are thinking of you all and hoping Captain Sir Tom makes a full and speedy recovery."

Health Secretary Matt Hancock also sent his "best wishes", while Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the whole nation was wishing him well, adding: "You've been an inspiration to us all throughout this crisis."

BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker posted: "Come on Captain Tom", while actor and singer Michael Ball - who recorded a charity single with Capt Sir Tom - sent "love and prayers".

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Capt Sir Tom, who was given the honorary title of colonel on his 100th birthday, had initially set out to raise £1,000 for NHS charities by repeatedly walking an 82ft (25m) loop of his garden.

But he eventually raised £32,794,701 from more than 1.5m supporters.

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Covid-19: Captain Sir Tom Moore in hospital with coronavirus - BBC News

Captain Sir Tom Moore has been admitted to hospital with coronavirus, his daughter has said.

The 100-year-old, who raised almost £33m for the NHS, was taken to Bedford Hospital after requiring help with his breathing, Hannah Ingram-Moore said on Twitter.

She said he had been treated for pneumonia over the past few weeks and last week tested positive for Covid-19.

Mrs Ingram-Moore said her father was not in intensive care.

A spokeswoman for the family said Capt Sir Tom had not yet received the Covid-19 vaccine due to the medication he was on for pneumonia.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: "You've inspired the whole nation, and I know we are all wishing you a full recovery."

The Army veteran won the nation's hearts by walking 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, before his 100th birthday during the first national lockdown.

He was knighted by the Queen in July.

In December, he enjoyed a family holiday in Barbados after British Airways paid for his flight.

In Mrs Ingram-Moore's tweet, she said her father had been at home with the family until Sunday when he "needed additional help with breathing".

She said the medical care he had received in the past few weeks had been "remarkable".

"We know that the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do all they can to make him comfortable and hopefully [he will] return home as soon as possible," she said.

There has been an outpouring of well wishes for the centenarian on social media.

BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker posted: "Come on Captain Tom", while actor and singer Michael Ball sent "love and prayers".

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— Captain Tom Moore (@captaintommoore) January 31, 2021

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.View original tweet on Twitter

Capt Sir Tom, who was given the honorary title of colonel on his 100th birthday, had initially set out to raise £1,000 for NHS charities by repeatedly walking an 82ft (25m) loop of his garden.

But he eventually raised £32,794,701 from more than 1.5m supporters.

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Captain Sir Tom Moore in hospital with coronavirus | ITV News - ITV News

Captain Sir Tom Moore is in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus, his daughter has said.

A statement on Twitter said that the 100-year-old was hospitalised on Sunday after requiring "help with his breathing" and that he is not in intensive care.

Hannah Ingram-Moore wrote that her father had had pneumonia for the last few weeks "and last week tested positive for Covid-19.

"He was at home with us until today when he needed additional help with his breathing.

"He is being treated in a ward, although he is not in ICU.

"The medical care he has received in the last few weeks has been remarkable and we know that the wonderful staff at Bedford Hospital will do all the can to make him comfortable and hopefully return home as soon as possible.

"We understand that everyone will be wishing him well.

"We are of course focusing on my father and will update you when we are able to."

Captain Tom Moore raised millions for charity by walking laps of his garden in the spring of 2020. Credit: PA

Captain Tom became a national hero and raise over £30 million for NHS charities during the height of the first coronavirus wave in the spring when he set himself a walking challenge.

He had originally set out to raise £1,000 by talking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday on April 30.

But his sterling efforts inspired a lock-downed nation looking for good news among the increasingly bleak headlines, and donations and well-wishes soon flooded in.

His efforts saw him knighted by the Queen in July and he was singled out for praise by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said the centenarian had “provided us all with a beacon of light through the fog of coronavirus”.

Captain Tom was made a Knight by the Queen in the sun-soaked gardens of Windsor Castle in July.“I remember saying, ‘I hope the Queen is gentle with this sword!’” he tells GQ in the accompanying article where Captain Tom is seeing modeling a swanky designer suit - an experience he relished.

“(I) enjoyed watching all the people whose job it was to get me just right, doing a little bit here and a little bit there, fiddling with my collar,” he said.

Captain Tom capped off a whirlwind year by becoming GQ's oldest cover star as the magazine awarded him its 'Inspiration' award as part of its Men Of The Year issue.

Soon after Ms Ingram-Moore revealed her father's illness, well-wishers began tweeting their support for the centenarian, wishing him a speedy recovery.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted: "The whole nation hopes you get well soon @captaintommoore. You've been an inspiration to us all throughout this crisis."

Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi tweeted that he was "praying" for Captain Sir Tom Moore.

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HS2 underground protest: Activists 'being forced out' of tunnel - BBC News

Enforcement agents take down the make shift camp

Activists staging an underground protest in central London say an eviction team is in the process of forcing them out.

HS2 Rebellion, who are camped out at Euston Square Gardens, say the team is burrowing a vertical tunnel causing crumbs of earth to fall around them.

The activists dug tunnels to thwart their eviction from a protest camp.

HS2 declined to comment but has previously said all activities to protect the protesters would be safe.

Could the pandemic kill off HS2?

The protesters, who said the eviction team was also digging above their heads, have refused to say how many people are underground but say they are confident they can last several more days.

Some of the group who were outside the tunnels have been arrested.

One protester said: "All night we've had rocks falling down on to our head through the gaps.

"They've kept us awake all night for hours and hours and hours to keep us awake and try and coax us out of the hole.

"All of the dirt is still coming down in my sleeves. It's not the most pleasant of experiences, it's pretty nasty to be fair."

In September, the group set up a Tree Protection Camp in the gardens in protest against the £106bn HS2 scheme.

The campaigners allege that the small green space near Euston station will be built over with a temporary taxi rank, before being sold to developers, as part of plans for the high-speed railway.

The eviction team has now removed the roof from the structure which protected the front of the tunnel.

Meanwhile, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have urged the government to reconsider the HS2 project, saying the coronavirus pandemic has destroyed the economic case for the high-speed rail line.

The railway was signed off by Prime Minister Boris Johnson almost a year ago before travel plummeted as a result of the virus and people turned to home working and Zoom.

The protesters say the project will prove a waste of money.

A government spokesman said HS2 would continue because and form a vital part of the UK's future infrastructure.

Roger Harrabin, BBC News Environment Analyst:

Most people think of trains as being cleaner than cars and that's generally true.

But in the case of HS2, there's a new track to be carved through the countryside and that has changed the equation.

That's because of the vast quantities of carbon emitted during the construction of the line, with all its steel, and cement, and its huge construction machines.

HS2 first estimated it would take more than 100 years to repay this "carbon debt" before the line started to save CO2 - that's way beyond what UK climate targets demand.

The firm has now withdrawn that calculation, but not offered another figure.

And now there's another factor at play: the seismic shift in travel patterns following the coronavirus pandemic and the Zoom revolution.

HS2 was designed to serve increased passenger numbers. Protesters say there's such uncertainty about future travel that building the line now looks a £100bn gamble.

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Vulnerable Brits could die if teachers jump the Covid vaccine queue, warns cabinet minister Liz Truss - The Sun

VULNERABLE Brits could die if teachers jump the coronavirus vaccine queue, cabinet minister Liz Truss warned today.

The trade secretary rejected calls to give teachers the jab during the February half-term in order to speed up the reopening of schools.

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Liz Truss said vulnerable Brits could die if teachers jump the coronavirus vaccine queue

Speaking to Sky's Sophy Ridge, Ms Truss warned that giving teachers the jab ahead of the four priority groups for vaccination could put the vulnerable at risk.

She said: "The issue is that for every person you vaccinate who isn't in the most vulnerable group, that's somebody in the most vulnerable group who isn't getting their vaccine and who is more likely to die in the next few weeks and months.

"I just don't think that's right. That's the decision made by the independent committee that we are going to vaccinate first the over-70s and those in the most vulnerable group, and then the over 50s."

It comes amid growing calls for teachers to be vaccinated before schools return.

Under the current vaccine delivery plan, those who top the priority list are people who live and work in care homes.

This is followed by people over the age of 80 and frontline health and social care workers, including NHS staff.

Next on the list are people over the age of 75, and the fourth group are people aged over 70 and those classed as clinically extremely vulnerable.

But top schools have urged Boris Johnson to create a plan to vaccinate all teaching staff during the February half-term, the Mail on Sunday reported.

Labour leader Keir Starmer has also called for all teachers to be vaccinated in mid-February.

But Boris Johnson has insisted it would "delay our ability to move forward out of lockdown", as diverting vaccinations away from the vulnerable would only prolong high fatalities and hospitalisations.

The plan has proved popular with the public, with a poll last week finding that six out of ten Brits want teachers to be given priority in the vaccine queue to speed up the reopening of schools.

Ministers are currently drawing up a roadmap for the reopening of classrooms, which could come as early as March 8 if coronavirus infections continue to fall.

Earlier this week, Boris Johnson pledged a further £300m in catch-up funding for schools, and promised the government would devise a “long term plan” to minimise the impact of lost education.

Whitehall sources also told the Daily Mail that officials were also looking at whether to provide funding for summer catch-up classes aimed at kids who have fallen the furthest behind.

Meanwhile, Ms Truss declined to rule out that some social distancing measures will have to be in place for the rest of the year.

She told Sky News: "I don't want to make predictions about the situation in the autumn, I think it's far too far away.

"Long-term predictions in what is a very, very unpredictable situation are not wise."

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COVID-19: 'Too soon to make predictions,' says minister - as experts warn restrictions may be needed all year - Sky News

Experts have said social distancing measures may be needed all year, and a cabinet minister has said it's too early to predict what the situation will be come autumn.

Liz Truss, the international trade secretary, told Sky News it is "not wise" to make long-term predictions, after modelling by a sub-group of SAGE showed that even with a vaccine that can stop transmission, lockdown would need to last until May and social distancing until the end of the year.

Ms Truss said the government would be taking decisions on a "week-by-week basis" as it continues to monitor the path of the disease.

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Recent modelling by the group at the University of Warwick warned of a potential new wave of COVID infections and deaths if coronavirus restrictions are relaxed before sufficient immunity has been achieved through the UK's vaccination programme.

The Daily Telegraph reported that their modelling suggests that, if vaccines provide an average 60% block on COVID transmission, then ending lockdown at the end of May and reverting to the coronavirus rules that were in place in early September produces the fewest deaths.

However, the newspaper added the experts suggested those restrictions - which included a ban on large events - would have to be maintained until the end of this year.

The Warwick paper was commissioned by SPI-M, a subgroup of the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.

Asked about the modelling, Ms Truss told Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday show: "I don't want to make predictions about the situation in the autumn.

"I think it's far too far away, but we have to take this on a step-by-step basis - opening up as we're able, making sure the most vulnerable are protected.

"That's the way to deal with this issue. Long-term predictions in what is a very, very unpredictable situation are not wise."

She said ministers were currently "putting our shoulders to the wheel" in their efforts to roll out COVID vaccines, with more than eight million people in the UK having received at least one dose of a vaccine.

Asked if the Warwick modelling was correct, Ms Truss added: "It's a long-term prediction. We need to take this on a week-by-week basis as we monitor what happens to the disease.

"The way to solve this is through global co-operation, it's through making sure we rollout the vaccine programme in the way we have been doing.

"It's making sure people are complying with the rules.

"That's what will help us get through this. I think speculating about what will happen in the autumn is far too far away."

Meanwhile, senior Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt reiterated his call for more government help for people ordered to self-isolate as a means of controlling the spread of new COVID variants from abroad.

The former health secretary, now the chair of the House of Commons' health committee, pointed to the example of the coronavirus response in places such as South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.

"They took the whole business of quarantining people who might be infectious much more seriously," he told Ridge.

"I think one of the big things we've got to look at is how we are much, much more effective to get people to isolate who we need to."

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Highlighting how 40% of people asked to isolate by NHS Test and Trace don't actually do so, he added: "The single most important thing is to give people the confidence they're not going to be out of pocket financially.

"I think we do need to say to people, 'this is a public health matter, if you are out of pocket in terms of your salary while you're in that self-isolation period, the government will make up the difference'."

At present, only those on a low income who cannot work from home and receive one of seven means-tested benefits are eligible to claim a one-off £500 payment when self-isolating.

Former prime minister Tony Blair urged international leaders to consider a "common travel pass" to allow people to cross borders again.

"I think this is going to be inevitable in the end, the only way you are going to be able to get people travelling again is if they are able to prove either vaccination or testing status and do it by means that are verifiable," the Labour ex-premier told the programme.

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Covid-19: 'Selfish' partygoers in Epping Forest fined - BBC News

Eighteen "selfish" revellers caught having an illegal house party have been fined for breaching Covid rules.

Essex Police attended a house in Bury Road, Sewardstonebury, in Epping Forest, at 17:00 GMT on Saturday.

Officers said they found 18 people "clearly having a party" at the vacant rented property, with more people still arriving.

Those present - 17 people from London and one from Essex - were fined £800 each, police said.

Fines of £800 for anyone attending a house party of more than 15 people were introduced in England this month.

Evidence of the house party at the property

Essex Police's Deputy Chief Constable Pippa Mills said: "This party was a clear and blatant breach of the current restrictions which were put in place to save lives and protect the NHS.

"These selfish individuals not only have no regard for their own safety, but they clearly didn't give a second thought for the safety of the local community, the police officers who had to attend to deal with their reckless behaviour or the NHS who are under unbelievable pressure."

Police said an investigation was under way to establish the organiser of the event.

Officers are also working with partner agencies to put measures in place to prevent the future unlawful use of the property.

Essex Police has attended two previous unlawful gatherings at the same property in Sewardstonebury, one on New Year's Eve and another earlier this month.

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