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PUBLIC service union UNISON is keeping alive the memory of Paddington rail disaster victim Bob Cotton with an award for members who have made outstanding contributions to their communities.
Bob Cotton was a UNISON activist who was killed in the Paddington disaster in 1999. He was travelling to a UNISON meeting in London from his Gloucestershire home when the tragedy happened.
The Bob Cotton Citizenship Awards are in honour of a man who was widely known for his unfailing commitment to his union and to the public service ethos and whose death in a rail disaster is seen as a cruel irony.
This year the award has been made in Bob