2004 Winner Sir Alec Jeffreys Serial killers and rapists have been caught and convicted, the innocent freed, and families reunited – thanks to the ground-breaking work of Sir Alec Jeffreys. The 54-year-old academic is the pioneer of the revolutionary crime-fighting technology known as genetic fingerprinting. Sir Alec, Professor Of Genetics at Leicester University, says,”It is […]
Category: 2004 Winners
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2004 Winner Leisha Hodgkinson For the second time in her life Leisa Hodgkinson kept her head while all around were losing theirs. Sales rep Leisa had nipped out for a sandwich one Friday lunchtime, when she watched in horror as seven-year-old Jean-Luc Archer suddenly ran out in front of a car. She says: “I started […]
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2004 Winner Rylstone WI The Women’s Institute in the small Yorkshire village of Rylstone thought they would only raise a laugh and a few thousand pounds when they got their kit off for a charity calendar – but they ended up bringing in almost £1million. The friends stripped off to put some middle-aged sex appeal […]
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2004 Winner Trooper Chris Finney Trooper Chris Finney is a true war hero who showed breathtaking courage under fire during the Iraq War. Not only did the then 18-year-old soldier rescue a wounded colleague, but he also put his life at risk to radio headquarters and attempted to save the life of a second comrade […]
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2004 Winner Lydia Nash We all want to win a fortune on a TV quiz show, but very few of us would then give it all away. Student Lydia Nash did just that, walking away with £16,000 from ITV1’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire – and then donating it all to disabled Thai orphans. […]
Beyond the Call of Duty
2004 Winner ‘A’ Flight, 202 Squadron, RAF Boulmer Every day, RAF search-and-rescue teams risk their lives to save others but few can be as brave as the four men of ‘A’ Flight. This amazing crew defied danger to save five men from a burning ship which was set to explode off the Northumbrian coast. The […]