Last chance to nominate your unsung hero for award

THIS is your last chance to nominate someone for a Pride of Britain Award.

From courageous kids to plucky pensioners and lifesaving emergency services workers to campaigners who changed the world, Pride of Britain shines a light on the nation’s unsung heroes.

The search is now on for this year’s winners, but time is running out - nominations close at midnight tonight.

So if you know someone who deserves to be honoured, tell us about them now. They could be someone you know, or someone whose achievements you admire.

You can nominate online at prideofbritain.com right up to the deadline.

The Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards, with TSB, celebrate people who go to extraordinary lengths to help others.

The winners will receive their awards at the glittering awards dinner in London in the autumn.

Previous winners include the Hillsborough families. Leading campaigner Margaret Aspinall collected the award on their behalf in 2013, in recognition of their 25-year fight for justice for the victims of the tragedy.

Last year Gee Walker was honoured for her inspirational work with young people in memory of her son Antony, whose murder shocked Liverpool.

Two of our most memorable young winners had previously been honoured as the Pride of Manchester. Hughie Higginson and Freddie Xavi, from Ribble Valley, Lancashire, then won a Pride of Britain award for their inspirational fundraising for Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital after Hughie was diagnosed with leukaemia.

Inspirational Rosemary Cox, 82, from Wolverhampton, won last year’s Lifetime Achievement award for her role in setting up the UK’s first organ donor register following the death of her son Peter.

Winners from the North East include PC David Rathband, the officer shot in the face and blinded by killer Raoul Moat, who was honoured for his courage in 2010.

Viewers were in tears when actor Michael Sheen presented Rhian Mannings from South Wales with her Pride of Britain award in 2020. Rhian’s son George died aged one, and with no support in place, her husband Paul took his own life just five days later.

Rhian set up 2 Wish Upon A Star, a charity that works with health boards and police forces, providing vital support to families dealing with the traumatic death of a child or young adult.

■ For more information, and to nominate, visit prideofbritain.com