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Kathryn Williams

Captain Tom Moore hits number one with You'll Never Walk Alone after £26m NHS fundraiser

Captain Tom Moore has scored a number one single for his cover of You'll Never Walk Alone with Michael Ball.

The 99-year-old war veteran has already raised more than £26m for NHS Charities Together, having initially set himself a target of just £1,000 by walking 100 laps of his garden.

The pensioner, who was praised by Sir Mo Farah for his heroic efforts, joined forces with Ball and the NHS Voices of Care Choir to cover the Gerry & The Pacemakers hit, with proceeds from the single donated to Captain Tom Moore's 100th Birthday Walk in aid of NHS Charities Together.

Captain Tom Moore's NHS fundraiser hits £20 million

Their version of You'll Never Walk Alone is the top track on the The Official Big Top 40 chart on Sunday.

Paediatric nurse Beth Porch is at number six after her audition on Britain's Got Talent on Saturday night when she performed original song You Taught Me What Love Is. The track is the second highest new entry of the week at number four.

Proceeds from Captain Tom and Michael Ball's single will be split equally between NHS Charities Together and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.

Meanwhile, Dame Vera Lynn and Katherine Jenkins's duet of We'll Meet Again climbs to number three and is also raising money for NHS Charities Together.

Captain Tom's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore was overwhelmed when she found out the news. She told Will Manning on the chart show: "Can anything else happen to us, do you think?! We are working our little socks off as you can imagine, we are fully Team Tom!

"Thank you for supporting us all and thank you to the British public, we really appreciate it."

Donations to NHS Charities Together can still be made at www.justgiving com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs

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