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.

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.

The death of his beautiful son from meningitis is never far from Steve Dayman’s mind.

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.

Nothing shows the strength of the human spirit quite like the incredible performances of our heroic athletes at the Invictus Games.

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.