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Hannah Ingram-Moore
The health secretary stated Captain Tom Moore was “a motivation to all of us”.
Tom Moore originally wanted to raise ₤ 1,000 for NHS Charities Together by completing laps of his garden.
With the aid of a walking frame, he intended to stroll 100 laps of the 25- metre (82 feet) loop in his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, in 10- lap chunks, prior to his 100 th birthday.
” Every cent that we get, the