Hero patient stopped terror attack at hospital with 'cuddle' for bomber

Nathan Newby talked terrorist Mohammad Farooq out of the atrocity over several hours - (Bruce Rollinson/PA Wire)

A hero hospital patient who talked a "lone-wolf terrorist" out of detonating a bomb in a maternity wing has spoken for the first time about his “extraordinary” act of bravery.

Nathan Newby, who talked terrorist Mohammad Farooq out of the atrocity over several hours, revealing he hugged the would-be attacker who “asked for a cuddle” to help calm him down.