Pride of Britain Awards

2007 Winner Sgt Michelle Cunningham and The EOD Unit When fire-fighters realised they didn’t have the skills to tackle a highly dangerous explosion in a pyrotechnics factory, bomb disposal expert Sergeant Michelle Cunningham immediately made her way to the scene. Michelle, 32, faces danger on a daily basis as part of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal […]

2007 Winner Robert Dunn He was just 12 years old, but it fell to Robert Dunn to save his entire family from a crazed attacker who burst into their home brandishing a meat cleaver. The youngster was at home one evening in October last year with his mum Samantha, nephew Jayden and pregnant sister Riana, […]

2007 Winner Pam Redican Pam Redican’s dedication to so-called ‘difficult’ children is second to none. The mother-of-two spent her own childhood in a series of children and foster homes, and turned to alcohol as a teenager. Nearly 30 years later, she spent her lifesavings entering a clinic for two weeks to dry out for good. […]

2007 Winner Henry Allingham World War One veteran Henry Allingham remembers things that most of us have only ever read about in textbooks. At the age of 111, his life has spanned three centuries, six monarchs and 21 Prime Ministers. One of his oldest memories is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901, when he […]

2008 Winner Liam Fairhurst To lose a friend to cancer while battling the disease yourself is unimaginably hard for any young person. But to take inspiration from this and set out to raise £150,000 to help other children with cancer is remarkable. Liam’s journey began in 2005 when he was diagnosed with a tumour in […]

2008 Winner Tilly Griffiths Tilly suffers from a muscle-wasting illness that leaves her physically unable to do everyday things most people take for granted. Yet the eight-year-old has an incredible zest for life that makes her feel as free as a butterfly, and led her to raise £360,000 so children like her could feel the […]