Who are the heroes Dua Lipa mentioned in her Brits speech?

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, 20 (pictured) tragically lost his life while attempting to save a woman who jumped into the River Thames from London Bridge last month

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, 20 (pictured) tragically lost his life while attempting to save a woman who jumped into the River Thames from London Bridge last month

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole 

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, 20, was known as Jimi to his friends and died after courageously jumping into the River Thames to try and rescue a fallen woman.

He was one of two people who stepped up to try and help her and dived into the water on April 24 just after midnight after he saw what had happened.

Emergency services were able to pull the woman and the other man who jumped in from the river alive, but were unable to find Mr Olubunmi-Adewole.

It has since emerged that Folajimi was also connected to the charity Malcolm's World Foundation, which was set up by the parents of his cousin Malcolm Mide-Madaiola, a pupil from the same school who was murdered at the age of 17 in 2018 for protecting a friend near Clapham Tube station. 

Jimi's father Michael Adewola, 63, and his mother Olasunkanmi Adewole, 54, said they are proud of their son for trying to save another person's life - but they are devastated by his death.   

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu with Janet Jackson receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Pride of Britain ceremony

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu with Janet Jackson receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Pride of Britain ceremony

 

 

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu   

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, 73, is the nursing guru who helped set up the first Sickle Cell centre in the UK.

He had decided to become a nurse at the young age of four because, whilst she was in care.

She started work for the NHS as a school nurse assistant in Wolverhampton at the age of 16.

Her life's work was with black and minority ethnic communities in London, explaining ‘People from diverse cultures are not always valued and still sometimes just seen as problems'.

In 1979, she helped to create the first nurse-led UK Sickle & Thalassaemia Screening and Counselling Centre in Brent. 

In July 2018, as part of the celebrations for the 70th Anniversary of the National Health Service, Elizabeth was included in the list of the 70 most influential nurses and midwives in the history of the NHS.

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