Pride of Britain Awards

2022 Winner THE LIONESSES England’s European Champions did more than win a trophy – they galvanised the nation and gave a whole generation new role models. So many moments from this glorious summer of women’s football will live long in the memory – Alessia Russo’s backheel, Georgia Stanway’s rocket, unsung hero Mary Earps’ saves, that […]

2022 Winner ELIZABETH SOFFE School girl who inspired medics with her courage after a horrific cot fire – then raised £202,000 for the hospital that saved her life. Elizabeth was just six months old when she almost died in a cot fire, suffering life- changing, third degree burns over 60 per cent of her body. […]

2022 Winner TOBIAS GARBUTT WELLER Schoolboy tackles endurance challenges on his walking frame to raise money and awareness of what life is like for people with disabilities. Tobias lives with autism and cerebral palsy but refuses to let anything stop him trying to help others by taking on a series of gruelling physical challenges. So […]

2022 Winner LUCY MONTGOMERY Teenager who saved the lives of a young boy and her father after they were swept away by treacherous river currents. Lucy was on holiday with her family in France, when the terrifying situation unfolded. She was paddle-boarding in the Charente River with Mathieu, the young son of a family friend, […]

2022 Winner PC JAMES WILLETTS AND PC LEON MITTOO Courageous police officers were wounded in a frenzied knife attack as they battled to keep shoppers and children safe. James and Leon were patrolling New Square shopping centre in West Bromwich last July when they became suspicious of two men carrying large backpacks and wearing heavy […]

2022 Winner DAVID GROVES AND ALEX HARVEY Sailors led a four-hour mission to save 27 men from a burning ship in towering seas, in one of the Royal Navy’s most dramatic rescues. HMS Argyll was returning to Plymouth following a nine-month tour of duty in the Pacific. The Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate was travelling […]