Girl, 5, who lost limbs to sepsis has Carol Vorderman in tears at Mirror Pride of Britain Awards

This year's Pride of Britain Awards was filled with galore magical moments, with hosts Carol Vorderman and Ashley Banjo being moved to tears connected stage, not slightest by small Aiyla Mota

Every Pride of Britain Awards is packed with unforgettable and moving moments and Thursday night’s ­TV amusement serves up much magic.

The amusement connected ITV is filled with immoderate of the astir memorable TV of the year, promising tons of tears and laughter. From the fundraiser for eight-year-old Florrie Bark’s charity, and the reunion betwixt amputee Hari Budha Magar and his Gurkha comrades, to the hilarious infinitesimal King’s Trust victor Molly Leonard met James Corden, don’t miss immoderate of it.

If you find the stories an affectional roller coaster, spare a thought for hosts Carol Vorderman and Ashley Banjo, who were moved to tears connected stage. Carol says the winners punctual america of everything that is bully astir Britain. She says: “We person to retrieve the bulk are benignant and welcoming people, and we ever person been.”

Diversity prima Ashley agrees: “If you privation to perceive bonzer stories and beryllium reminded of each the love, airy and positivity that is inactive retired determination among each the heaviness successful the world, tune in.”

Tomorrow night's Pride of Britain, successful concern with TSB, is adjacent much peculiar connected the 25th anniversary, with Carol astatine the helm since the beginning. She says her astir amusing infinitesimal was seeing 87-year-old Agnes Nisbett, the erstwhile midwife who founded a comfortableness country for women who person stillbirths, flirting with ­EastEnders histrion Rudolf Walker.

“I was, like, ‘I privation to beryllium you, Agnes!’” she says. Ashley remembers different infinitesimal that besides had the assemblage laughing. As Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson were asking for donations for Florrie Bark’s charity, BeMoreFab, the Child of Courage victor shouted for them to find erstwhile Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne “before helium hides”.

Ashley told Florrie, who inspires thousands with her TikTok videos charting her conflict with a uncommon signifier of leukaemia, that Diversity would beryllium her backing dancers for her adjacent video. Both hosts were besides moved by Child of Courage Aiyla Mota, five, who mislaid her limbs to sepsis.

Carol says: “It was the archetypal grant and I really started to cry. I thought she was truthful brave.” Aiyla was joined connected signifier by Simon Cowell and Paralympian Hannah Cockroft, which near her stunned. “But erstwhile Paddington Bear appeared connected stage, she was truly excited,” Carol recalls.

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