Awardrobe winners..
HOLLYWOOD actress Sharon
Stone looked amazing at this
year’s Mirror Pride Of Britain Awards – as did
Stars all of the celebs. including Holly Willoughby
and Vicky Pattison donned their poshest
frocks for last night’s event in London.
And while glitz and glamour dominated the
red carpet, the celebs told how they were touched
by the winners’ courage. Sharon, 63, presented an
award to Prince’s Trust winner Hassan Alkhawam, helps 23, a Syrian refugee who
other families integrate.
The actress said: “He is
willing to give so much to change others. That’s
pretty unusual and pretty wonderful – especially these through
difficult times.”
Earlier, Sharon embraced
Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham,
47, on the red carpet.
THE Oxford-astrazeneca team were fuelled by vending machine snacks as they worked around the clock to develop their lifesaving Covid jab.
Producing a vaccine normally takes 10 years but the dedicated staff put in 16-hour days – and lived off Mini
Cheddars and
Bounty bars – to turn it around in just 12 months.
Last night, their hard work was rewarded with the
Pride of Britain
Special Recognition prize, in partnership with TSB. Six members of the 100-plus team of leading scientists accepted the award at the ceremony in London.
Among those walking the red carpet was Dr Catherine Green, who manufactured the first vaccine.
She said: “The vaccine was always going to be the way out of the pandemic and here we are!
“We wanted to walk the red carpet as a team because that’s what a was – a team effort. The university went into
lockdown so we were living off the vending machines, eating Mini Cheddars and Bounty bars.
“It feels great to be finally letting our hair down after the last 18 months.”
And Prof Theresa Lambe, who codesigned the vaccine, added: “I know it sounds really boring but we were just doing our day jobs and we hoped it would help. We’re really glad it did so people can come together again on an amazing night like this.”
Dr Sandy Douglas, the brains behind the process of massdeveloping the jab, said: “To receive this award means a lot because more than anything, it was the most amazing teamwork.” So far, one billion doses of the Oxford-astrazeneca vaccine have been delivered to 170 countries around the world.
It is estimated to have saved more than 100,000 lives in the UK alone.
Dr Douglas added: “We knew we had a chance that we might be able to do something extraordinary.
“Me and my colleagues knew thousands of people were going to die each day if we didn’t act fast, so every day we were faster, the more lives we saved.”