THE darkness of Covid truly shone a light on the best and worst in this country. The evil ones were undoubtedly those who used the devastating panic to take advantage. There were £15billion worth of contracts given out by the Government, which are now believed to have been corrupt.
And there were millions who abused the furlough system designed to help the most needy. Some even gleefully put others in danger while cashing in. I will never forget the father and son who sold fake hand sanitiser, risking the lives of all our loved ones.
READ MORE FROM JANE ATKINSON There were so many disgusting acts of selfishness. But thankfully there was the good, too. And the one person who truly epitomised that was the amazing World War Two veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore .
He captured a moment in time and was an inspiration as we all tried to follow his example. Most read in The Sun Here was a determined old man — with his medals proudly on show — trying to walk 100 laps of his garden, day after day, with his Zimmer frame to raise money for NHS Charities Together before his 100th birthday. We all dug deep and he raised nearly £40million, benefiting almost one million NHS workers, thousands of patients and community projects.
He gave everyone hope and reason to believe in pure goodness when the rest of the world was in crisis. But now his shameless daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore has not only trashed his legacy but managed to potentially cost other charities around this country a fortune in.