2002 Winner Debby Dumigan Debby Dumigan has always been a good listener. If ever her family or friends have a problem it is always her they turn to. But last December her natural ability to reach out to people – and an equal measure of cool courage – saved a young woman’s life and prevented […]
Year: 2021
Outstanding Bravery
2002 Winner Richard Emmott When Richard Emmott hung up his rugby boots for the last time, he had no idea that the skills he acquired on the pitch would one day be called upon to avert a shooting tragedy. The stocky builder and electrician was meeting a hotel owner to discuss renovation work one evening […]
Outstanding Bravery
2002 Winner Anthony Peltier When deputy headteacher Anthony Peltier was sent on a four-day first aid course, he knew the skills would come in handy. But he never realised that on the first day of his training he would be using them to save the life of a stabbed teenager. His heroic act was performed […]
Child of Courage
2002 Winner Katie-Louise Beynon Late one evening last May, 12-year-old Katie-Louise was watching TV with her mother when she heard a loud bang from her brothers’ room upstairs. She dashed up to their bedroom and found Adam, seven, on the floor. He had fallen out of bed after suffering a potentially fatal reaction to a […]
Sportsperson of the Year
2002 Winner David Beckham It was on October 6 at Old Trafford that David Beckham was crowned the king of English football. The 26-year-old England captain strode on to the pitch for a showdown with Greece as an icon of the national sport. He walked off having guaranteed the squad a place in the World […]
Child of Courage
2002 Winner Joseph Anderson When Joseph Anderson grows up, he hopes to be either a comedian or a clown. His impressions of Michael Caine regularly have his mother and older sister doubled up in hysterics. But aside from his knack for impressions, what makes Joseph such a remarkable little boy is the terrible ordeal he […]