Try GOLD - Free
Medal honours Grace’s 'heroism' in knife attack
Western Daily Press
|October 07, 2025
A STUDENT who was stabbed to death in the Nottingham attacks while trying to protect her friend has been posthumously awarded the George Medal for her “exceptional courage in the face of extreme danger”.
> Grace O’Malley-Kumar, left, tried to save friend Barnaby Webber, right, in a knife attack in Nottingham in 2023
Grace O’Malley-Kumar, 19, was killed when she intervened and sought to try to save Barnaby Webber, also 19 and from Taunton, after he was attacked while they walked home from a night out in 2023.
‘The Nottingham University medical student is one of 20 people honoured in the latest Gallantry Awards list.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute to Grace, saying her legacy would live on as a “powerful example of heroism” and that she made the “ultimate sacrifice” to protect her friend.
Others honoured include Richard O'Brien, who received the King’s
Gallantry Medal for stopping his car to intervene in the stabbing of a woman and restrain the attacker in Barnet, north London, in 2021.
This story is from the October 07, 2025 edition of Western Daily Press.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Western Daily Press
Western Daily Press
10 perfect tales to stir children's imaginations this Christmas
Our guide to the stories and non-fiction that will bring joy to kids' worlds on December 25 and beyond.
4 mins
December 13, 2025
Western Daily Press
Crash survivor meets his 999 lifesavers
A MAN who suffered 26 fractures in a multi-car collision has been reunited with the ambulance crew who saved his life earlier this year.
1 min
December 13, 2025
Western Daily Press
ROGER EVANS
My granddaughter says you should never run unless someone is chasing you. I'd be no good at that, I'd have to stop to find out what they wanted
3 mins
December 13, 2025
Western Daily Press
DIY festive foliage that's a real snip
LOOK TO THE GARDEN TO FIND ALL YOU NEED FOR BEAUTIFUL DECS
1 min
December 13, 2025
Western Daily Press
Nationwide's £44m fine over crime controls
NATIONWIDE has been hit with a £44m fine by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) due to failures in its financial crime controls.
1 min
December 13, 2025
Western Daily Press
The long goodbye
A FAMILY FACE UP TO THE LOSS OF THEIR TERMINALLY ILL MUM AS CHRISTMAS NEARS IN KATE WINSLET'S WEEPY DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
1 mins
December 13, 2025
Western Daily Press
£1.25m for family of mum who died from sandwich
THE family of a Wiltshire mum who died after eating a “dairy-free” Pret a Manger sandwich have been handed a £1.25m compensation payout at the High Court.
3 mins
December 13, 2025
Western Daily Press
Drug-driver who hit wall is spared jail
A DRUG-DRIVER has been captured on police bodycam so out of it he struggled to speak during the arrest.
2 mins
December 13, 2025
Western Daily Press
There are twists and turns you don't see coming
Kym Marsh tells LYNN RUSK about filming in Australia for her new series The Imposter, which centres on a family dispute over their hotel's future
4 mins
December 13, 2025
Western Daily Press
Further arrests in 'murder' inquiry
TWO more suspects have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of an elderly woman who died after a suspected burglary.
1 min
December 13, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size