Record number of daily vaccinations in UK

Authored by bbc.co.uk and submitted by callum2703

As our thoughts go out to Captain Tom Moore, who is in hospital having tested positive for Covid, let's remind ourselves of how he captured the hearts of the nation.

It all started with a sponsored walk of 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden with the hope of raising £1,000 for NHS charities.

"To all those people who are finding it difficult at the moment," he said, addressing a British public who had seen life turned upside down by coronavirus, "the sun will shine on you again, and the clouds will go away."

By the time he had reached the finish line, he had become a social media phenomenon and raised an astonishing £12m. By teatime the same day, donations had risen to £15m. And the total keeps growing and growing and has now passed £39m.

Now knighted and labelled a "national treasure", Captain Tom's life story is to become the subject of a major new film.

The as-yet-untitled film will focus on the veteran's relationship with his younger family, who he moved in with following the death of his wife Pamela. The couple were married for 40 years.

The picture will also draw on his military career and show how the horrors of war shaped his life and inspired him to keep walking, despite having endured a long battle with skin cancer and a broken hip.

Now there is speculation about who will play him.

trident2451 on January 31st, 2021 at 17:14 UTC »

record number of daily

oh no

vaccinations

oh yes

practically_floored on January 31st, 2021 at 16:58 UTC »

Including my dad, auntie and uncle! Busy day

Lord_Von_Fappington on January 31st, 2021 at 16:26 UTC »

Oh yeah? Well Canada vaccinated (checks numbers)...15013 people yesterday, so take that.

Just kidding, we’re pathetic.