Pride of Britain Awards

2002 Winner Sean McNally Steven Portman lost his arm in a horrific accident, but if it hadn’t been for his best friend, Sean McNally, he would probably have lost his life. When Steven was struck by an 11,000-volt shock from a live power line, it was Sean who risked his own life to save him. […]

2002 Winner PC Simon Dell If it hadn’t been for the brave actions of PC Simon Dell, Christine Fox would today be a widow, grieving the loss of her son. Thinking nothing of his own safety, PC Dell rescued Christine’s son from their blazing flat, then returned to pull her husband’s unconscious body from the […]

2002 Winner Steve Wardle Before Steve Wardle moved on to the Grange Park housing estate, many of its residents were too scared to leave their homes at night. The area was a crime blackspot where more than a third of houses were boarded up as families left before they became victims of street violence or […]

2002 Winner Sophie Render Sophie and Catherine Render have a bond that goes far deeper than most mothers and daughters. For the past three years Catherine has been with daughter Sophie every step of the way as she has battled leukaemia. Now Sophie, six, is repaying the favour by being a tower of strength for […]

2002 Winner Sophie Knight The floods which hit Britain in December 2000 cost the nation tens of millions of pounds in lost business and damage to homes. But the freak weather conditions almost cost four-year-old Rosie Knight her life. While out walking with her mother and older sister Sophie, she mistook the swollen River Avon […]

2002 Winner Mark Glover Just 15 years ago a fur coat was as much a status symbol as a Ferrari or a Rolex, but today most people would not be seen dead in anything dead. And it is all down to the commitment of one man. Mark Glover had endured bankruptcy and threats to his […]