内容摘要：Alan Dugdale, 51, was encouraged in the steak knife attack by his 36-year-old girlfriend Jamie Burrows, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

Alan Dugdale, 51, was encouraged in the steak knife attack by his 36-year-old girlfriend Jamie Burrows, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

He pulled over as he saw the man jump from a bridge on to the carriageway, before pulling him away from traffic on to the hard shoulder and providing first aid.He has been recognised with a Thames Valley Police Federation 2025 Bravery Award, which he will officially receive next week.

Recalling the events, PC Johnson said it had been "raining, freezing cold and pitch black".He said he slowed down as he saw the man walking on a bridge because "something told me that it didn't look right"."My police intuition made me slow down, so I could see his face and see if he was alright."

The man ignored PC Johnson's shouts to him, before climbing over the barrier and jumping on to the busy motorway.PC Johnson, who by this time had stopped and called his colleagues for support, ran into lane one, took hold of the man - who was seriously injured - and dragged him to safety.

"We were on the hard shoulder, with lorries whizzing past us," he said.

"I had to keep myself low down, and I just kept updating the control room and waited for officers to get there."NHS Humber Health Partnership said feedback from those using the service had been very positive.

The team is hoping to carry out more outreach work with rough sleepers over the next 12 months, the organisation added.A man murdered a 69-year-old man in his own home just two days after being released from prison, a court has heard.

Owen Blades, 27, stabbed retired carer John Connolly to death at his terrace house in Portland Street, Lincoln, with a knife he bought a day after his release.Blades, from Gainsborough, has admitted murdering Mr Connolly on the morning of 13 June 2024.