Pride of Britain Awards

2011 Winner WPC Kelli Walker and WPC Katie Harvey – Dorset Police Being alone and unarmed didn’t stop Kelli Walker and Katie Harvey bravely tackling and overpowering a gun-toting torture gang when they responded to a silent 999 call. Making a split second decision, the women forced their way into a house in Bournemouth and […]

2011 Winner Tom Lackey At the age of 91, you”d excuse Tom Lackey for slowing down a bit. But the quiet life isn’t for this daredevil grandad. He”s helped raise over £1million for charity by wing walking in a string of incredible record-breaking stunts. Tom, a dad-of-three and granddad-of-two, took up the hair-raising hobby at […]

2011 Winner Ann Timson When pensioner Ann Timson saw an armed gang attacking a jewellery shop, she set about them with her handbag, foiling the raid and landing the villains behind bars. Ann, 71, became an amazing have-a-go gran after she popped out to her local shops. She was chatting with a friend in the […]

2011 Winner Gina Moffatt Crying alone in a prison cell seven years ago after being jailed for smuggling drugs, Gina Moffatt thought she had thrown her whole life away. But life behind bars provided her with a second chance, and she is now a successful businesswoman, community leader and mentor – helping ex-convicts find work […]

2011 Winner Julie Coghill Fostering a healthy child is too big a responsibility for most of us. So looking after a baby suffering from drugs withdrawal symptoms seems beyond comprehension. But Julie Coghill, 38, has fostered dozens of desperately ill babies who were born addicted to drugs. Julie has been a foster carer for 15 […]

2011 Winner Tom Phillips Tom was plunged into a life or death situation when a raging bull attacked his dad, tossing him into the air like a rag doll and trampling his body. The pair were tending a newborn calf on their family farm near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire when the bull suddenly charged at them from […]