Jacob The Pilot melts hearts as Kate Garraway presents him with Pride Of Britain Award

Jacob Newson - known arsenic Jacob The Pilot for his emotion of planes - was among winners astatine the 2024 Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards with TSB aft raising immense amounts of wealth for charity

Pride of Britain viewers were successful tears arsenic a young aviator was celebrated aft raising immense sums of wealth for charity.

Jacob Newson was invited to ticker a spectacular flying show by the Red Arrows with his dada Andy erstwhile helium was presented with an award. The 10-year-old lad was honoured aft raising implicit £150,000 for charities - including the hospice that cared for his mum earlier she passed away.

The 2024 Pride of Britain Awards took spot successful London earlier this week, and highlights from the lawsuit aired connected ITV connected Thursday nighttime wherever viewers saw Jacob person an grant from Good Morning Britain stars Susanna Reid, Kate Garraway, and Ranvir Singh - arsenic good arsenic as good arsenic athletics icon Jill Scott and explorer Steve Backshall. Jacob was conscionable 7 erstwhile his parent passed distant - earlier helium started his charitable fundraising.

Viewers watching the ceremonial were successful tears arsenic they heard astir Jacob's communicative and achievements. One wrote connected X: "Oh @Jacob_The_Pilot, you astonishing boy. I'm crying again. You're incredible. I cognize your mum is truthful arrogant of you (and I emotion planes too) #prideofbritain."

Another typed: "Oh gosh! Just watched you person your grant and my telly went each blurry. It was beauteous to spot you determination with your precise arrogant dada and I’m cognize your precise arrogant mum would person been sending her love. Congratulations sweetheart!" A further instrumentality wrote: "Well done Jacob. You are an inspiration."

And different typed: "Well done, large man, truly arrogant of you, and good deserved it's been a fantastic travel pursuing you each these years, and can't hold to spot what's to travel successful the future. Carry On! Oh remember, the RN is the future!"

Jacob was conscionable 7 erstwhile his mum Andrea died, aged 49, astir 4 years ago. Keen to repay immoderate of the assistance and kindness helium and dada Andy had received from their section hospice successful Leeds, helium acceptable astir tackling a bid of fundraising challenges.

Nicknamed Jacob the Pilot due to the fact that of his emotion of planes and flying, helium worked with the RAF Regiment to implicit their gruelling battle course. He has besides climbed mountains, including Ben Nevis, and completed the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge wearing his mini RAF flying suit.

Jacob said astatine the awards: "My motto is ‘never backmost down, ne'er springiness up.‘ So each clip I'm doing a challenge, I ever accidental that to myself and it ever keeps maine going done each the pugnacious times. I indispensable beryllium the Red Arrows' biggest fan, truthful if I had to springiness contiguous a people retired of ten, I'd accidental 100."

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