The Countryside Alliance said volunteers are bringing supplies to isolated rural communities.

An Army veteran reacted with stunned silence when he heard he had raised more than £500,000 for the NHS, external.

Tom Moore said: "Who would have thought that when I set a target of £1,000 a week ago, it could have reached £500,000?"

The 99-year-old World War Two veteran plans to walk 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden by Thursday - he has so far walked 70 laps of the 25-metre (82ft) loop.

He added: "I thank the British public from the bottom of my heart", as you can see here.

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A man has chalked his entire house in the colours of the rainbow as a special tribute to the NHS.

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Craig Pickard, from Maltby in Rotherham, was inspired by the pictures of rainbows in neighbours' windows.

He said: "I just started doing the wall, then one thing led to another and then I did the whole house."

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It took him nearly 16 hours over two days to finish the project.

Mr Pickard dedicated it to health workers across the country for their efforts during the coronavirus outbreak.

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A mattress maker says staff are working around the clock to meet increasing demand from the NHS.

Specialist foam firm GNG Group, which is based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, is supplying the new Nightingale units and other NHS hospitals. The company says it has received six months of orders in the past week.

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Bosses described staff as fantastic, saying they have "gone over and above anything we've asked of them" including giving up their Easter weekend "to support our NHS".

A nurse who worked for over 35 years plastering broken bones has died with coronavirus.

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Kevin Smith died at his workplace, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, after a "brief but courageous battle", said Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The trust said Mr Smith, known as Kev by his friends and colleagues, would be "missed beyond all measure" by everyone there.

Chief executive Richard Parker said he was "utterly heartbroken" and that the organisation's thoughts were with Mr Smith's wife Diane.

Tom Moore thanks the British public for support as he fundraises for "magnificent' NHS staff.

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An Army veteran raising funds for the fight against Covid-19 said raising almost £500,000 is "beyond my wildest dreams".

Tom Moore aims to complete 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden by Thursday, walking with the aid of a frame.

The 99-year-old initially hoped to raise £1,000 for the "magnificent" NHS, but after the story went public on 8 April more than 23,000 people have donated funds - and the total keeps going up, external.

Mr Moore, who served in World War Two, has completed 70 laps of the 25-metre (82ft) loop in his garden in Marston Moretaine. He is taking them on in 10-lap chunks, as you can see here.

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Four men from Leeds have been charged under new legislation enacted to tackle the coronavirus pandemic after about four hectares of moorland went up in smoke.

Derbyshire Police said the group, who are all in their early 20s, were questioned in connection with the blaze, which happened near the A628 at Woodhead on Good Friday.

A force spokesman said the fire was believed to have been caused by a barbecue that went "out of control".

The men are due in court accused of "associating with people other than those in their own household" and making an unnecessary journey.

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People are still making good use of their "wobbly" homes on wheels while observing lockdown rules.

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Although a difficult time, it's clear many communities are trying to maintain a bit of Easter normality across the country.

Sarah Robbins and her family were on their way back home from feeding horses in Marsden, West Yorkshire, when they came across the Easter bunny, who presented Ms Robbins' daughter with some chocolate eggs.

"She really believed he was real," Ms Robbins said.

"What a lovely kind gesture from a member of our local community, raising spirits."

A city's MP says government ministers are to intervene in a council's decision to ban mourners from attending cremations.

The City of York Council had said nobody could attend the site at Bishopthorpe, but later said mourners could stand in the grounds but not inside the chapel.

York MP Rachael Maskell said government ministers were speaking to the council and that they wanted the local authority to "change its position".

The council's leader, Keith Aspden, defended the measures saying: "We would not be putting this [set of restrictions] forward unless keeping this service going and making sure that they can work potentially 24/7 if necessary is absolutely vital for wider public health".

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The unusual "magical" creature was seen by wildlife artist Robert E Fuller in Yorkshire.

With coronavirus delaying the start of the 2020 County Championship, test your knowledge of the domestic red-ball game in the last decade.

A worm charming festival, a nudist camp and shin-kicking contest are among the events affected.

Sheffield United have furloughed some of their "predominantly casual" staff because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Normally bustling with tourists and residents alike, the streets of York were deserted on Saturday morning as people adhered to the lockdown restrictions and stayed at home, North Yorkshire Police said.

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People driving into the countryside in North Yorkshire "for exercise" are bringing the threat of coronavirus onto farmland and farmyards, a county council has warned.

Richard Flinton, the County Council’s chief executive, said that despite people being warned about lockdown rules, some were still flouting the guidelines by driving into areas including the Yorkshire Dales.

Mr Flinton said: "Even when people have been ordered to follow the lockdown rules, we have been made aware of the risks to our farmers of people driving into the countryside and straying away from public rights of way, often across farmyards and fields.

“The countryside is a working environment, as well as a source of recreation and during the coronavirus outbreak our farmers and others working in rural areas have become increasingly worried by the numbers of people who continue not only to drive into the countryside, but also to deviate from public footpaths.

"This risks spreading infection to people working on the land.

“We understand it is important for people to take exercise, but people should not be driving into the countryside and everybody needs to respect the working environment of our farmers."

A coronavirus testing site for NHS workers has been opened on the outskirts of Leeds.

The drive-in site at Temple Green has five lanes operating on an appointment-only basis for self-isolating NHS workers or a member of their family who may be showing symptoms of the virus.

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The site is being manned by medical staff from Boots and is set to run from 10:00 until 17:00 during its first few days of operation.

The workers who are to be tested will be contacted directly by their NHS Trust, the Department for Health and Social Care said.

The key workers who are being tested will have their results within days.

The fire service said it was under pressure from having fewer staff due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The plans have been put in place to take pressure off the area's hospitals.