Pride of Britain Awards

2014 Winner PC Sara Widdrington Sara Widdrington was off duty when she popped into Tesco with her son to pick up shopping for their dinner – and ended up tackling a gunman. The mum-of-two was being served at a checkout when she looked up from her bags to see why the cashier had suddenly stopped […]

2014 Winner Invictus Games British Armed Forces Team Nothing shows the strength of the human spirit quite like the incredible performances of our heroic athletes at the Invictus Games. Across five days this summer, former and current members of our armed forces came together in London for a sporting event like no other. Championed by […]

2014 Winner Stephen Sutton His indomitable spirit and infectious enthusiasm as he refused to let terminal illness stop him living life to the full made Stephen Sutton a national hero. Teenager Stephen captured the hearts and imagination of the country with his public fight against cancer and managed to raise almost £5million for charity in […]

2014 Winner Steve Dayman The death of his beautiful son from meningitis is never far from Steve Dayman’s mind. And this heartbreaking memory has been the driving force behind his 30-year fight to save other families from suffering the same tragedy. Spencer Dayman was just 14 months old when he was struck down with a […]

2014 Winner Neil Laybourn When Jonny Benjamin sat on the edge of Waterloo Bridge, about to jump into the icy Thames to end his life, hundreds of Londoners walked past. “I don’t really remember much of the day,” Jonny says. “I just know I was on the bridge ready to jump when I heard this […]

2014 Winner Agnes Malcolmson and Danny Turner When a disturbed man walked into a busy hospital, set himself on fire and was heading towards the maternity ward, two unlikely heroes thought nothing of their own safety to tackle him. Storeroom worker Danny Turner and nurse Agnes Malcolmson had both just started their lunch break when […]