Pride of Britain Awards

2008 Winner Jade Ashton Diabetic Aubrina Ashton relies on four injections a day to keep her blood sugar from plummeting and sending her into a life-threatening coma. Little did she know that by oversleeping one morning, she would suffer a terrifying diabetic collapse – or that it would be her five-year-old son, Jaden, who would […]

2008 Winner Nathan Thomson At just nine-years-old, Nathan Thomson saved his mother from a crazed attacker who broke into the family home intent on killing her. The youngster was in his bedroom about to go to sleep when he heard a strange man’s voice coming from his parent’s room. When he went to investigate he […]

2008 Winner Nina Barough As a fundraising idea, Nina Barough’s plan was certainly unique. She and 12 friends decided to powerwalk the New York Marathon wearing little more than decorated bras. But when Nina set off for the Big Apple to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, little did she realise it was the start […]

2008 Winner Carl Duval Even though an express train was hurtling towards him at 100mph, teenager Carl Duval didn’t think twice about saving a complete stranger who had fallen onto a railway line. He was on his way to meet his girlfriend and sister at his local railway station when he heard their cries for […]

2008 Winner Surgical Team, Royal Marsden Hospital Every day, the thousands of men and women who work in the NHS go beyond the call of duty to help the countless people who rely on their care and expertise. But when the biggest fire in NHS history broke out at a major cancer hospital, teams of […]

2008 Winner Richard Taylor When 10-year-old Damilola Taylor was callously murdered in 2000, instead of turning their grief into bitterness, his parents looked for hope. They founded the Damilola Taylor Trust in his memory with the aim of addressing the issues surrounding knife crime and urban street violence. Together with his wife Gloria, who sadly […]