Nathan Newby

Nathan Newby, GM (born 1991–1992) prevented a bomb from detonating outside the maternity wing of St James's University Hospital in Leeds, Yorkshire, in 2023. He was awarded the George Medal for his bravery, the UK's second highest award for civilian gallantry, in October 2025.

Planned hospital bomb attack Nathan Newby was staying as a patient at St James's University Hospital on 20 January 2023. In the evening, he went outside the hospital buildings to have a vape when he came across Mohammad Farooq. Farooq was employed at the hospital as a nursing assistant and was later described in court as a "self‑radicalised lone‑wolf terrorist" inspired by the Islamic State.