Pride of Britain Awards

2008 Winner Liam Fairhurst To lose a friend to cancer while battling the disease yourself is unimaginably hard for any young person. But to take inspiration from this and set out to raise £150,000 to help other children with cancer is remarkable. Liam’s journey began in 2005 when he was diagnosed with a tumour in […]

2008 Winner Tilly Griffiths Tilly suffers from a muscle-wasting illness that leaves her physically unable to do everyday things most people take for granted. Yet the eight-year-old has an incredible zest for life that makes her feel as free as a butterfly, and led her to raise £360,000 so children like her could feel the […]

2008 Winner Jade Ashton Diabetic Aubrina Ashton relies on four injections a day to keep her blood sugar from plummeting and sending her into a life-threatening coma. Little did she know that by oversleeping one morning, she would suffer a terrifying diabetic collapse – or that it would be her five-year-old son, Jaden, who would […]

2008 Winner Nathan Thomson At just nine-years-old, Nathan Thomson saved his mother from a crazed attacker who broke into the family home intent on killing her. The youngster was in his bedroom about to go to sleep when he heard a strange man’s voice coming from his parent’s room. When he went to investigate he […]

2008 Winner Nina Barough As a fundraising idea, Nina Barough’s plan was certainly unique. She and 12 friends decided to powerwalk the New York Marathon wearing little more than decorated bras. But when Nina set off for the Big Apple to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, little did she realise it was the start […]

2008 Winner Carl Duval Even though an express train was hurtling towards him at 100mph, teenager Carl Duval didn’t think twice about saving a complete stranger who had fallen onto a railway line. He was on his way to meet his girlfriend and sister at his local railway station when he heard their cries for […]