After her life was transformed by a kidney transplant she was determined to thank the doctors and nurses who helped her

Saved his dad’s life after their kayak capsized in icy seas, dragging him to safety from the water and carrying out CPR

The young climber scaled the Old Man of Hoy for his 
terminally-ill mum, raising £35,000 for a cancer charity

The pensioner has run Oxford Community Soup Kitchen for 28 years, providing food, clothes and comfort to those in need

Heroes who have defended Britain for 100 years against threats ranging from Hitler’s Luftwaffe to Islamist terrorists

Heart transplant patient was instrumental in changing organ donation rules. Max’s Law will save up to 700 lives a year

Founded Children With Cancer UK with his late wife Marion, raising £230million in memory of their two children

Divers who risked their lives to rescue 12 Thai boys and their football coach from a treacherous cave in Thailand

After the deaths of three friends, the former gang member turned his life around to help and inspire others

Firefighters and a specialist rescue team carried out a nerve-racking operation against the clock to save a driver impaled on a metal railing