Pride of Britain Awards

2000 Winner Tom Tracey Tom Tracey was leading a Sunday morning congregation in a psalm when the pastoral scene was shattered by a naked madman. Wielding a razor-sharp samurai sword, the maniac burst into St Andrew’s Church in south London and proceeded to run amok. He slashed wildly at people and caused horrific injuries to […]

2000 Winner Dr Heather Clark and Dr Alastair Mulcahy Dr Heather Clark and Dr Alastair Mulcahy performed open-heart surgery on a pub floor, with just a scalpel and a pair of scissors, to save the life of man who had been stabbed. Heather, 35 had never carried out surgery before, but she had watched a […]

2000 Winner Ron Dowson Ron Dowson, 36, was on his way to watch Arsenal play Sheffield Wednesday at Highbury when he became involved in a premier league drama himself. The Palace of Westminster security guard was horrified to see a man lying on the track at Leicester Square tube station, clinging on to the rails […]

2000 Winner Charlotte Carter Charlotte Carter showed courage and initiative beyond her years when she found her dad John drowning in the bath after he fell into a diabetic coma. Charlotte, aged just five, was alone at home when she realised something was wrong. Her dad had been away for ages after saying he was […]

2000 Winner Alison Moore Alison Moore is undoubtedly Britain’s bravest teacher. The 31-year-old mother was beaten unconscious by racist thugs and left for dead in the grounds of the south London school where she works. She spent a week in hospital, suffering from internal bleeding, broken ribs and a cracked pelvis. But that was not […]

2000 Winner Ian Botham Fourteen Test centuries and 383 wickets stand in the record books as testament to cricket legend Ian Botham’s sporting success. An entirely different set of figures measure his magnificent record as an inspirational individual. Ian has raised more than £4.5 million for research into leukaemia, the blood cancer disease, mainly through […]