Tears and triumph as Pride of Britain Awards honour our greatest quiet heroes

Daily Mirror · Ros Wynne Jones · 2026-10-19 21:08 UTC

From tackling a synagogue knifeman to treating train crash victims with a broken hand, the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards honour the nation's superheroes. The awe-inspiring evening, broadcast on ITV, brought a crowd of A-listers to tears, these remarkable people prove that the true, courageous heart of Britain never went away

Andrew Franks is the man who threw himself at the knife-wielding Heaton Park Manchester synagogue attacker on Yom Kippur, last year. Dr Eleanor Prior is the mysterious injured woman "in the green dress” who saved countless fellow passengers’ lives after the Bedford train crash.

'Mama Flo’ is a 71-year-old great-grandmother who sets her alarm at 4am every morning to feed the hungry at her Caribbean takeaway. World-leading cardiac doctor Asif Hasan is known as the surgeon who never says no to a surgery, however high the odds are stacked against the child.

"You heard so many testimonies of real people,” he told Carol after receiving the longest standing ovation of the night, and a Pride of Britain Lifetime Achievement Award. "I was just doing my job… and I also worked in this extraordinary organisation, the NHS.”

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