Nathan Newby stepped outside a hospital for a vape and some fresh air on a winter night - but ended up talking down a suicide bomber after a simple act of kindness. This "extraordinary, ordinary man", as a judge called him, is today being honoured with a George Medal, the UK's second-highest civilian award for bravery. He spotted Mohammad Farooq looking upset and agitated outside St James's Hospital in Leeds on 20 January 2023. He was there to commit mass murder at the entrance to the maternity