Pride of Britain Awards

2018 Winner Lyndon Flavell In a scene that could be plucked from a Hollywood movie firefighter Lyndon risked his life to balance on the top rung of a ladder to rescue a young boy dangling by his ear from a tower block window 40 feet above the ground. Station Commander Wayne Little, of West Midlands […]

2018 Winner Harry Athwal Harry, from Great Barr, was on holiday in Barcelona last August when a terrorist drove his van into pedestrians on Las Ramblas, killing 13 people and injuring 130. He was eating lunch on a first floor terrace in a restaurant when the terrorist struck and was not in any immediate danger […]

2018 Winner Linda Sandhar-Haynes Linda Sand​har-Haynes, who survived more than 18 years of domestic abuse by her ex-partner, established 4 Steps to a Smile in 2004 to help women and children living in refuges. In 2001 Linda visited women’s refuges in the West Midlands to find out how many children would be staying there over […]

2018 Winner Nicki Donnelly West Midlands police officer Nicki Donnelly was seriously injured when a speeding motorist smashed into her car while she was on duty in 2009. The reckless driver, who was doing 75 mph in a 30 mph zone, lost control and hit Nicki while she was at a junction. The accident resulted […]

2018 Winner Cyrille Regis When former West Brom and Coventry legend Cyrille Regis passed away this month, tributes flooded in from the biggest names in the game. They lauded his almost superhuman ability with the ball, his courage in standing up to racism and his role in changing the face of the sport in this […]

2018 Winner Mikey Akers Mikey Akers was diagnosed with verbal dyspraxia, a rare neurological speech disorder, when he was two.   He struggled to learn to speak, and throughout his childhood needed intensive speech therapy to try and find his voice. He was eight before he could make himself understood to people outside his immediate […]