Pride of Britain Awards

2001 Winner Jamie Baxter Eight-year-old Jamie Baxter knew exactly how to save his mum’s life when she collapsed in a coma before his eyes. Jamie rang 999 – then made his pet dog Barney bark like mad to try to keep her conscious. Office manager Yvonne, 44, thought she had a bad case of ‘flu […]

2001 Winner Connor Carr It was a chilly January evening and three-year-old Connor Carr had just come home from nursery with his mother, Debbie, in Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear. After taking off his coat, he settled down to watch his favourite MTV music channel. Minutes later Debbie got up from the sofa to fetch […]

2001 Winner Matthew Graffham With his leadership qualities and zest for life, Matthew Graffham is a positive influence on disadvantaged youngsters. The 20-year-old, who plans to take a course in circus skills, even uses his juggling in voluntary workshops to bring young people focus and fun. Yet Matthew hasn’t always been as happy or secure. […]

2001 Winner Sab Sahota-Lyons To her pupils, Sab Sahota-Lyons is an inspirational English teacher whose memory is so sharp that she can reel off whole chunks of text by heart and recall quotes and even whole paragraphs with ease. But what is particularly astonishing about Sab is that she is also blind. Determined not to […]

2001 Winner Norah Peyton At 79, great-great granny Norah Peyton could be forgiven for wanting a quiet life.  But when drug pushers moved onto her estate, Norah decided to fight back. Thanks to her astonishing courage and vigilance she has now managed to cut crime in her area of Gorton, Manchester, by 70 per cent. […]

2001 Winner Jill Farwell Jill Farwell’s beautiful redheaded daughter Katie was three years old and her brother Tom was six months when they were diagnosed with an extremely rare degenerative disorder. There is no cure and Jill had to watch as they gradually lost the ability to walk, talk or even swallow. Jill, a former […]