Hero fundraiser Captain Tom Moore has sailed past the £10m mark tonight as he described people’s generosity as “completely out of this world”.
The 99-year-old war veteran, from Bedfordshire, has touched the hearts of the nation since he pledged to walk 25 metres around his garden 100 times before his 100th birthday later this month.
At first the modest old soldier, who was stationed in the Far East during WWII, hoped to raise just £1,000 for the NHS when he started the challenge last week.
As of tonight he had raised a whopping £10m and counting. He tweeted: "10 MILLION POUND! "Virtutis Fortuna Comes I want to thank all the people behind the scenes including @JustGiving, @BBCBreakfast and @GMB for being behind us from the start, and all