Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces £500 for every full-time NHS and adult social care worker in Scotland as a "one-off thank you payment” for their “extraordinary service”
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Happy 100th birthday Tom Moore!
Britain celebrates Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who raised millions to fight the virus.
Britain threw a 100th birthday on Thursday like no other for a World War II veteran who grabbed his walker and took laps around his garden to hold a record-smashing fund-raising campaign for medical workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
Britons flooded the one-man fund-raising juggernaut, Tom Moore, with more than 125,000 birthday cards, which were displayed at his grandson’s school. Members of the royal family sent him congratulatory messages. The BBC sang him “Happy Birthday” as he was presented a cake with a copy of a Spitfire war plane on top.
And Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday delivered a personal message on his Twitter account to the veteran, calling him “a point of light in all our lives.”
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Watch Captain Tom finish his 100th lap
The war veteran has raised more than £12m for the NHS
You’re never too old to take up exercise, especially when it’s for a good cause. That’s why 99-year-old British army veteran, Captain Tom Moore, made it his challenge to walk 100 laps of his 25m-long garden before he reaches his 100th birthday.