But earlier this year Derek's own health deteriorated and he has since been bed-bound at home receiving support from his son and visiting carers.

Derek's school pal, Joe Feran, works for him and has the condition.

This hero is 6-year old Derek C Lalchhanhima, a young boy from Sairang, Mizoram in India.

In GMA Network's Instagram account, the Kapuso network has announced on Wednesday its official welcome for Derek as a new addition to its roster of celebrities.

Derek has festooned his semidetached home in Robin Royd Avenue with Christmas lights every year bar one since 2002.

After hosting three successful fundraising dinners from 1998 to 2000, and raising PS7,668, Derek decided to form the Friends of Bobath Wales group.

When a friend contacted the Guinness Book of Records to inquire how Derek could stake a claim to the British record, he was informed of the exorbitant, non-refundable fee - which excludes VAT.

Derek said:"It's a lot of hard work and heartbreak but the rewards far outweigh that."

Derek received his award from Liza Freudmann, head of brand and marketing (food) for Marks & Spencer, at a Champagne Taittinger reception at the Mall Galleries in London -- a long way from Grey's Monument where Derek took his winning picture.

Photography was just one of Derek's hobbies that friends and family fondly recalled during his funeral service at Oakley Wood Crematorium last Monday [Mar 12].

Derek, of Warwick, shared dozens of Pic of the Day images with Coventry Telegraph readers over the years.