A single sycamore tree, growing in a natural dip in the countryside along Hadrian's Wall, came to symbolise a community. When the people of Northumberland wake to discover it has been chopped down overnight, it leads to a news story that makes headlines around the world. Who destroyed the tree at Sycamore Gap and why?
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08-11-2024
BBC 1
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Kidnapped and murdered while on a gap year in France. Is it finally time for justice for 20-year-old Joanna Parrish?
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BBC 1
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This BBC News investigation by reporter Daniel De Simone identifies a new suspect in Stephen Lawrence murder. Stephen’s killing in 1993 changed policing and race relations ...
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BBC 1
The Doping Ward
The hospital unit where patients were drugged to keep them 'quiet and compliant'.
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BBC 1
The Nottingham Attacks
Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were killed in a series of stabbings by one man on the streets of Nottingham in the summer of 2023.\n\n
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BBC 1
The Sunshine Scammer
How bogus travel agent Lyne Barlow from County Durham conned hundreds of holidaymakers and her family in a £2.6m scam, which also saw her lie about a cancer diagnosis.
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A single sycamore tree, growing in a natural dip in the countryside along Hadrian's Wall, came to symbolise a community. When the people of Northumberland wake to discover it ha ...
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BBC 1