Pride of Britain Awards

2014 Winner Agnes Malcolmson and Danny Turner When a disturbed man walked into a busy hospital, set himself on fire and was heading towards the maternity ward, two unlikely heroes thought nothing of their own safety to tackle him. Storeroom worker Danny Turner and nurse Agnes Malcolmson had both just started their lunch break when […]

2014 Winner Andrew Bilton, Brian and Joanne Keane When a high-speed, head-on crash left two men trapped inside burning wreckage, three courageous passers-by risked their own lives to save them. With flames set to completely engulf both vehicles, husband and wife Brian and Joanne Keane worked with Andrew Bilton to pull the men to safety […]

2014 Winner Jack MacKay Jack, 11, will be honoured at the Pride of Britain Awards 2014, after he saw the bull mastiff attacking his mum and baby brother, and couragously made himself a target instead. Football-mad Jack Mackay was kicking a ball around with some pals outside his home when he heard a scream. As […]

2014 Winner Renée-Mai Bolter Renée-Mai will be honoured at the Pride of Britain Awards 2014 after she showed incredible bravery during the terrifying, eight-hour ordeal. Renée-Mai put herself in danger and showed incredible bravery, calm and presence of mind when a violent attacker took her family hostage in a terrifying eight-hour ordeal. The schoolgirl was […]

2014 Winner Ted McCaffery As little Ted waited in hospital to undergo open heart surgery, the youngster wanted to watch a bit of television to help pass the time. But when he discovered the TV was not working, the six-year-old’s first thought was not for himself, but for the next seriously ill child who would […]

2014 Winner Sir Roy Calne When medical student Roy Calne was presented with the case of a man dying from kidney failure in 1950, he asked his senior consultant if anything could be done. The man was about the same age as him and the aspiring surgeon wondered if the patient could receive a kidney […]