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Mirror writer Cecilia Adamou received a Teenager of Courage award in 2014 after recovering from a six-month regime of treatment for cancer - which included radiotherapy, immunotherapy and brain surgery

Pride of Britain winner Tony, 9, was "hugely excited" when his invitation to the Buckingham Palace party came after he was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the prevention of child abuse

Pride of Britain Award winner Dame Stephanie Shirley has spent her life fighting prejudice, as well as educating and inspiring others after she came to the UK on Kindertransport as a Jewish refugee

Hughie Higginson and Freddie Xavi were crowned Young Fundraiser of the Year at the Mirror’s Pride of Britain Awards in 2021 when Hughie was battling acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Pride of Britain award winner and brain tumour survivor Ravi Adelekan has proved that he is courageous as well as cool with a chic fundraising fashion to show to advance research

Former Leeds Rhinos Rugby League player and dad-of-three Rob Burrow was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in December 2019 and given two years at most to live

As always, it was the youngsters who moved the 1,000-strong audience the most, starting with the very first winner, Child of Courage Freya Harris, who was diagnosed with cancer aged 7