Pride of Britain Awards 2014

The Midlands had three big winners at the Pride of Britain awards this year - including the first one ever given posthumously. That went to teenage cancer patient Stephen Sutton, who raised millions of pounds before he died earlier this year.

Our other two winners were a ten year-old girl and and a foster mother in her sixties. Andy Bevan reports.

It was Strictly stardom for our most senior winner at The Pride of Britain Awards last night.

Betty McGlinchey, who lives in Coventry, has been a foster mum extraordinaire. She has looked after more than 1,200 children over 34 years, offering them a loving home when they needed it most.

Sir Bruce Forsyth presented Betty with the Good Morning Britain Local Hero Award.

Tune into ITV at 8pm this evening to watch Sir Bruce lead her into an impromptu waltz across the stage.

The mother of Stephen Sutton said he 'would have loved it' at last night's Pride of Britain awards ceremony in London.

Jane Sutton, who collected a posthumous Pride of Britain award with other family members on his behalf, said: "He would have been laughing knowing that I was up there on the stage because he knew how much I didn't like the limelight."

The 19 year-old, from Burntwood in Staffordshire, raised more than £5 million for the Teenage Cancer Trust before he died of bowel cancer in May.

Stephen Sutton's former Headteacher has said the teenage cancer campaigner has made a fantastic contribution to the country.

Stuart Jones made the comments as Stephen's family attended a ceremony in London last night to collect the first ever posthumous Pride of Britain award.

The family of teenage cancer campaigner Stephen Sutton attended a ceremony in London tonight, to collect the first ever posthumous Pride of Britain award.

The 19 year-old, from Burntwood in Staffordshire, raised more than £5 million for the Teenage Cancer Trust before he died of bowel cancer in May.

All this week we have brought you the stories of our ITV Pride of Britain fundraiser nominees, people from our region who tirelessly raise money for charities that are close to their hearts.

Well the judges have been looking at all the applications and now they have made their decision.

Jane Hesketh went to surprise Maria Hanson.

All this week we have brought you the stories of our ITV Pride of Britain fundraiser nominees, people from our region who tirelessly raise money for charities that are close to their hearts.

Well the judges have been looking at all the applications and now they have made their decision.

Michael Sibert went to surprise Karl Hinett.

Here is our final ITV Central nominee for this year's Pride of Britain Fundraiser award. We've shortlisted four of your nominations, and tonight its the turn of Katherine Sinfield from Burton on Trent.

Katherine was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia last year and spent months in hospital. During that time she wrote a blog about her good and bad days, which was published in her local newspaper.

As she waited for a potential bone marrow match Katherine threw herself into fundraising, as Jane Hesketh reports.

All this week we're bringing you the stories of our ITV Pride of Britain fundraiser nominees. People from our region who tirelessly raise money for charities that are close to their hearts.

Tonight we hear from Karl Hinett from Dudley. He was a 19-year-old soldier serving in Iraq, when the tank he was in was petrol bombed. He was flown to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where the skill and dedication of the staff saved his life. He's now run a marathon every week for the past 2 years all over the world, to raise money for them. Jane Hesketh reports.

All this week we are showcasing the work of people who dedicate their lives to raising money for charity.

Georgina Moseley's son Harry died at the age of 11 from a brain tumour. He had raised thousands for Cancer Research UK and Georgina wanted to continue and expand on his legacy. Jane Hesketh reports.