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Sarah Heaney (born 19 May 1970) is a former Scottish television presenter.


Life and career

She began her TV career with Live TV as a news reporter, then went on to front ''S2 Live'' on the now defunct SMG digital channel S2. In early 2000 Heaney moved to newsreading on ''
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''. During this time, Heaney also presented, STV Magazine show "Room at the Top"/"Summer at the Top", which broadcast live from the top of Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow. Heaney also fronted ''Scottish Passport'' and ''Moviejuice'', a film show. In 2006 she took voluntary redundancy as part of major shake-up of ''
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''. Heaney presented live and recorded broadcast programmes. Heaney also had a beauty column in the Daily Mail and wrote occasionally for other publications. In September 2006 she hosted ITV's ''Big Hearts, Big Night'', and was a guest for the STV's 2008 online video blog, '' The Real MacKay''. Heaney fronted a crime programme with news reader Mark Austin for
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. '' Manhunt – Solving Britain's Crimes'' where Heaney and Austin appeal to the public for information on the UK's most wanted criminals. In 2008, she joined
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on '' Wish You Were Here...? Now & Then'', a 25-part series where the hosts revisit destinations, originally visited by
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(Mark's mother) and other ''WYWH?'' presenters in the original 1974 series, to see how much they have changed. Since 2012, Heaney has had presenting work on
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's overnight teleshopping strand ''
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''. In October 2013, Heaney helped launch The Store as a dedicated full-time shopping channel on Sky and Freesat. Heaney lives in London. She is divorced from businessman Ed Adams with whom she shares two children: Edward William Adams, born on the 17th of June 2006. and second son Will was born in May 2008.


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* 1970 births Living people Scottish television presenters Scottish women television presenters STV News newsreaders and journalists {{scotland-tv-bio-stub