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Kindness · East of England

Pride of Britain award for fatal train crash GP

Dr Eleanor Prior, a GP injured in a fatal train crash near Bedford, has received a Pride of Britain award for caring for passengers around her after the crash. She said she felt honoured and lucky, and wanted people to remember the emergency services' work that day and the victims still recovering.

BBC Beds, Herts & Bucks 19 Oct 2026

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Kindness · North West

Teen thanks Children in Need for holiday club

A 14-year-old girl from Bramhall has thanked BBC Children in Need for helping fund a school holiday club for students with learning difficulties run by the Seashell Trust in Stockport. Grace, who has cerebral palsy, says the sessions give her activities like bikes, drumming and swimming, and her mother says she goes off happy and excited.

BBC News Manchester 23 Oct 2026

Kindness · Northern Ireland

Pupils pen special song to give classmates a voice

Pupils at Mitchell House Special School in east Belfast wrote and recorded a song called My Voice to show that people communicate in different ways. The song was written by a class of 11 to 13 year olds, who hope to raise awareness of alternative communication such as Makaton and eye gaze. The school has also earned an accreditation for its communication work.

BBC News Northern Ireland 23 Oct 2026

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