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Tia Price collects her Chris Tarrant Pride of Reading Award at The Madejski Stadium today
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Brave Tia wins Chris Tarrant Pride of Reading Award

November 23, 2012

The town's real stars were shining brightly this afternoon when the 2012 Pride of Reading Awards were announced.

A host of people who until today thought they were ordinary collected honours for their extraordinary bravery, kindness or contribution to the community.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host Chris Tarrant, one of Reading's proudest sons, made the presentations.

He told the audience, which included the all-important sponsors of the award categories: " You will come away feeling very proud of the human race."

And he was right.

There were cheers and more than a few tears as Reading's true heroes were introduced and their humbling stories told.

This year's new Chris Tarrant Pride of Reading Award went to six-year-old Tia Price, of Rivermead Road, who underwent a heart transplant in 2010. She represented Great Ormond Street Hospital in the Transplant Games just two years later and won a medal.

To read more about brave Tia and find out who else collected one of the prestigious awards, see the special supplement in Wednesday's Reading Post.

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