THREE community heroes who lost their daughters to suicide will be among those recognised with a special gong at the Pride of Britain Awards.

Selected by the judging panel, the Lionesses were chosen for "galvanising" the nation and providing a generation with "new role models".

Carol Vorderman and Ashley Banjo will co-host the ceremony on October 27 which will be attended by hundreds of famous faces celebrating the winners.

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The three fathers, Andy Airey, 61, Mike Palmer, 57, and Tim Owen, 52, embarked on a charity walk, raising more than £880,000 in memory of their three young daughters who each took their own lives.

The trio from Manchester, Norfolk, and Cumbria will be given a special recognition award for trekking 550 miles over 31 days.

Mr Airey said: "During our walk we met very many suicide-bereaved parents, all of them said the same thing; it was only after they lost their child that they discovered that suicide was the biggest killer of under 35's in the UK; they all asked, 'If suicide is the biggest threat to our children's lives, why is no one talking about it?'"

Among others recognised will be Michelle Dornelly, who formed the Hackney Community Food Hub, feeding more than 100,000 people while living on Universal Credit payments.

Alex Anderson, 22, from Newport, becomes the Prince's Trust young achiever of the year.

After being rejected from the RAF in 2017 due to his Asperger diagnosis, he spent 1,000 hours of his time supporting veterans, elderly and young people across Gwent and is now a logistic supplier at RAF Odiham in Hampshire.

More than 150 famous faces including Idris Elba, Dame Mary Berry, Molly-Mae Hague, Tommy Fury, Olly Murs and Holly Willoughby will join this year's winners celebrating their heroism and bravery.

Among the judging panel is actor Michael Sheen, Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams, Radio DJ Adele Roberts, President of the Royal College of General Practitioners Clare Gerada and Chief Constable Serena Kennedy of Merseyside Police, and broadcasters Moira Stuart and Kate Garraway.

The Pride of Britain Awards will be broadcast on ITV on October 27 at 8pm.