GIVE HIM A MEDAL First picture of have-a-go hero pensioner who tried to save MP Jo Cox

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Bernard Kenny, 77, was seriously hurt after grappling with the gunman - and there are now calls for him to be given a bravery gong. 

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The petition urges the Cabinet Office to honour Bernard’s actions as quickly as possible so that ‘our nation’s thoughts are on love and bravery rather than hate and fear’

Bernard was still recovering in hospital yesterday as a new round of tributes were paid to Jo

CALLS were growing last night for the George Medal to be awarded to the pensioner who tried to save MP Jo Cox. Nearly 1,000 people have so far signed an online petition seeking to honour Bernard Kenny’s bravery.

A framed photograph of Jo Cox and her husband Brendan standing outside 10 Downing Street is placed alongside floral tributes as people pay their respects near to the scene of the murder

 Bernard, 77, attempted to rugby-tackle the gunman who stabbed and shot Jo after hearing her screams. The father of two was knifed in the stomach as he fought with the killer.


Retired ex-miner Bernard who had helped save dozens of colleagues in a 1973 pit disaster was rushed to hospital after telling horrified wife Doreen: “I’m OK.”

The George Medal recognises “acts of great bravery”. The petition urges the Cabinet Office to honour Bernard’s actions as quickly as possible so that “our nation’s thoughts are on love and bravery rather than hate and fear”,

One of Bernard’s neighbours said: “He thoroughly deserves it.