Nathan Newby
Hospital patient from Leeds who was awarded the George Medal after talking down and physically comforting a would-be bomber outside St James's Hospital, helping prevent a terror attack.
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Mar 28, 2026 • 27min
The Happy Pod: The hug that stopped a bombing
Nathan Newby, a Leeds hospital patient awarded the George Medal, shares how he calmed a would-be bomber with conversation and a hug. Then it jumps from seven dogs in China sparking a drone-led rescue, to a long-overdue apology for women football pioneers, Washington’s cherry blossoms, and even hummingbirds sipping fermented nectar.
