Pride of Britain Awards

2024 Winner Agnes Nisbett Kind-hearted midwife who devoted her life to helping grieving parents after experiencing the tragedy of stillbirth herself. When Agnes Nisbett went through the heartbreak of stillbirth in 1973, her tiny son was quickly wrapped up by a midwife to be taken away, in accordance with the usual practice at the time […]

2024 Winner Hari Budha Magar The first above-the-knee double amputee to conquer Everest is changing perceptions of disability and inspiring people to ‘climb their own mountain’, whatever that might be. Hari Budha Magar was a Gurkha serving with the British Army in Afghanistan in 2010 when he lost both of his legs in an IED […]

2024 Winner Diana Parkes and Hetti Barkworth-Nanton After Joanna Simpson was killed by her husband, her mum Diana and best friend Hetti set up a charity to support children impacted by domestic abuse. In 2010, Diana Parkes’ daughter Joanna was beaten to death by husband Robert Brown. The horror unfolded within earshot of Joanna’s young […]

2024 Winner Andy Evans, Jason Evans and Michelle Tolley Tireless campaigners who fought on behalf of relatives and victims of the biggest scandal in NHS history in a decades-long quest for justice. In the 1970s and 1980s, more than 30,000 people in Britain were infectedwith HIV and Hepatitis C after being treated with contaminated blood […]

2024 Winner Emily Greenwood Mum swam 400m in icy winter seas to save a 10-year-old boy and a man after they were dragged out by powerful currents.. Emily Greenwood was walking on the beach with her son in January 2023 when she heard screams. A young boy, who had been playing on a bodyboard in […]

2024 Winner Sheila Reith Doctor who co-invented the world’s first insulin pen, transforming the lives of millions of people with diabetes.. In the late 1970s, Sheila Reith was moving to Glasgow from London. Her daughter Fiona, then aged five, had Type 1 diabetes (ironically developing this after Sheila was already a specialist in the field). […]