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Dambuster Squadron Leader George ‘Johnny’ Johnson shares a joke with awards host Carol Vorderman, above, before being congratulated by Hollywood star Michael Sheen, left Freddie Flintoff congratulates Teenager of Courage Award winner Joe Rowlands. Joe Poynton, Chris Hill, and Matt Ward of West Midlands Fire Service receive their award from Amanda Holden, Richard Hammond, Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. They saved the life of Phil Ewins, pictured far right, with his wife Dikla The Wild Boars came on to a rousing reception, as team members described, through a translator, the agony of being stuck in that watery dungeon for 17 days... well soon cards for other poorly children, with a note saying: “Hope I made you smile.”

Tonight, when the awards are screened on ITV, Ella’s gorgeous grin will make millions of viewers smile too as she is honoured not for being disabled, but for being an extraordinary human being.

Ella had the audience in stitches with a string of cheeky gags, and had them cheering when she sang Disney classic Let It Go for Simon Cowell and the X Factor judges.

Our other young winners provide some of the most moving moments of tonight’s TV show.

Little Edward Mills, eight, became the youngest person to climb Scotland’s towering Old Man of Hoy, raising more than £30,000 in honour of his mum Bekki, who had terminal cancer and passed away months after his record-