Pride of Britain Awards

2016 Winner Billy Muir Celebrated as Britain’s hardest-working man, Billy carries out 20 jobs to keep his remote island community thriving, almost single-handed Billy’s unstinting service to North Ronaldsay – the northernmost of Orkney’s islands – spans five decades and has stopped the Scottish outpost grinding to a halt. An accomplished multi-tasker, the 68-year-old has […]

2016 Winner David Nott The leading war surgeon has operated under fire in the world’s most dangerous places, risking his life to save others in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria Every year for the past 23 years, David has taken several months’ unpaid leave from his NHS job in London to work as a volunteer for […]

2016 Winner Dylan Graves Schoolboy risked his own life to save his friend, pushing him out of the way of a runaway car and taking the brunt of the impact himself  Dylan was walking home with pal James Yeadon when he was faced with a split-second life-or-death decision. A Vauxhall Vectra with no driver had […]

2016 Winner The Groves Family After 14-year-old Lillian was killed by a speeding driver who had been smoking cannabis, her family forced the government to change the law on drug-driving The day their daughter Lillian was knocked down and killed by a drug driver will be etched on Natasha and Gary Groves’ memory for ever. […]

2016 Winner Karen Johnson Given the devastating news her two sons would die before their teens from a rare condition, Karen resolved to help find a cure so other parents would not suffer the same agony  Karen was about to give birth to her second child when she was told her 18-month-old son Simon had […]

2016 Winner Nikki Christou The schoolgirl with a potentially life-threatening condition has become a social media star, with her video blogs showing others how to cope with chronic illness Nikki was just six when her parents noticed veins popping up on the right side of her face. She was diagnosed with arteriovenous malformation (AVM), abnormal […]