News

Bravery at it’s Finest

Avatar photo

8 October 2014

By NEBeep

Numerous celebrities gathered in the rain on Sunday night to present unsung heroes their Pride of Britain awards in conjunction with the Daily Mirror. TV celebrities such as  Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole through to politicians such as David Cameron gathered to watch and support each of those individuals who had been nominated for the coveted accolade.

One of the youngsters that received an award last night has been through more traumatic experiences  possibly face in their entire life time.

Amanda Houlden and Alesha Dixon presented 15 year old Cissy Adamouhas with her Teenager of Courage award. The extraordinary teenager had been moments away from death and has survived a heart transplant, kidney transplants and tumours on her spine and brain!

Alesha said when giving the teenager her award “It is an absolute honour to meet you and you are a remarkable young lady.”

Cissy Adamouhas is just one of the brave, inspiring youngsters that received a Pride of Britain Reward last night. For more on the winners go to http://www.prideofbritain.com/

 

Like this article? Please share!

  •
    Books Book Review: Things a Bright Girl Can Do
    1914. The world stands on the edge of change. But women still have no vote. Evelyn is rich and clever, but she isn’t allowed to go to university. Life is set out for her, but Evelyn wants freedom and choice, even if it means paying the highest price alongside her fellow Suffragettes. Meanwhile, May campaigns […]
    Read Full Article
  • Editorials Will you miss anything about lockdown life?
    Every cloud has a silver lining. And in this pandemic era, that silver lining has arguably been the copious amount of time we’ve all had for self reflection. Lockdown life has given a lot of us time to focus on things we’ve always wanted to do, but never had the time to get around to.  […]
    Read Full Article
  • News Trump acquitted in impeachment trial
    Former president Donald Trump has been found not guilty of incitement of insurrection by the US Senate tonight as the short but historic impeachment trial comes to a close. Following the Capitol Hill riots earlier this year, Democrats in Congress moved quickly to try and impeach Mr Trump before he left office. Their efforts were […]
    Read Full Article
  • Books Book Review: Normal People
    5/5 If you’ve ever read a book review by yours truly before, you’ll know it’s rare I award five stars. They are reserved for special works of art – and Sally Rooney’s Normal People is exactly that. In fact, Normal People is a masterpiece. I first heard of the book when it was broadcast as […]
    Read Full Article
  • Reviews TV Review: Bridgerton
    4/5 Dearest reader, I give you my sincere gratitude for joining me in this reviewing endeavour. I am sure it will be most revealing indeed. * Now, if you haven’t seen or read Bridgerton, you’ll be wondering what on earth is going on with me! Netflix’s latest fantastic original, based on the novel series by […]
    Read Full Article
  • News Study finds North East has lost out due to Brexit
    BY FLAMINIA LUCK A report published by the University of Warwick, has calculated which areas of the country have won or lost out economically as a result of the Brexit vote. The report, titled Measuring the Regional Economic Cost of Brexit, has used data and statistics from 2018 to construct a predictive modelling which estimates […]
    Read Full Article