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Jane Downs

Verified
Newcastle upon Tyne
As seen in: BBC News, BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Sounds, Bottom Line, BBC, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News Australia, Aol, Yahoo, KamuMedya
Sand-dancer, mother of two, award winning journalist and producer

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Love Bombed - WifeHunter - 1. Hit by a train - BBC Sounds

Love Bombed - WifeHunter - 1. Hit by a train - BBC Sounds

Vicky Pattison uncovers one the UK’s most disturbing and prolific Lovebombers, Raymond McDonald. Discover …

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In Detail... - Felled: The Sycamore Gap Story

In Detail... - Felled: The Sycamore Gap Story

Hairy Biker Si King documents the global outrage that followed the felling of a beloved landmark that had sto…

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Child violence against parents: Victims plead for support

Child violence against parents: Victims plead for support

One couple's story of violence in the home mirrors seemingly growing problems nationally.

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BBC News - 5 Minutes On, Karen's Song - a gift to my dad

BBC News - 5 Minutes On, Karen's Song - a gift to my dad

How a community came together to bring a 1960's lullaby back to life.

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'I promised my father the world would hear our song'

'I promised my father the world would hear our song'

Sunderland College students help a Newcastle woman keep a promise she made to her dying father.

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Farms in Upper Coquetdale will get mains power in 2025

Farms in Upper Coquetdale will get mains power in 2025

After a 50-year campaign, families are celebrating their last Christmas relying on generators.

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'We exist because of the kindness of strangers'

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By Jane Downs Verified, Jo Lonsdale, Cumbria investigations
| Aol Verified
In 1939, Ilse Camis was among a group of girls given refuge from the Holocaust by a Jewish community in the north-east of England. Nearly nine decades on, her American grandson and great-granddaughter have travelled 4,000 miles to pay homage to the strangers who gave her sanctuary. Luciana Camis, from Kansas in the United States, is standing in one of the bedrooms of 55 Percy Park in Tynemouth, one of a row of Georgian houses in a terrace which sweeps graciously down to the North Sea.
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How do you rebuild your life after marrying a conman?

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By Jane Downs Verified, Cumbria investigations
| Yahoo Verified
Raymond McDonald used a false surname and said he worked as a probation officer [Melanie Graham] Melanie Graham thought she had met and married her soulmate in 2024 only to discover he was one of the UK's most prolific romance fraudsters. She said she was left feeling suicidal after realising the man she loved had lied about who he was and also had more than 40 convictions for theft and fraud, mainly against other women.
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From Slavery in Virginia to Freedom in the North East of England

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By Jo Lonsdale, Jane Downs Verified, Cumbria investigations
| BBC Verified
From Slavery to Freedom How an enslaved woman fled America and found safety in the North East of England By Jo Lonsdale and Jane Downs, North East and Cumbria Investigations On the "bitter cold" Christmas Day of 1830, Mary Ann Macham arrived in North Shields, the northern English fishing port that would become her unlikely home; the endpoint of a 4,000-mile journey filled with fear, courage and a superhuman determination to be free.
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