Capt Tom Foundation closes to donations as council orders building demolition

Building containing spa pool in Capt Tom Moore's daughter's back garden had been approved as smaller, part-charitable construction

The Captain Tom Foundation has stopped taking money from donors after a local council ruled an unauthorised building in the home of the daughter of the late charity fundraiser had to be demolished.

The charity was set up in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore who raised 38.9m for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden during the first national Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. He died aged 100 in February 2021.