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This is a timeline of the THINK JESSICA campaign so far. There may be a few of Marilyn's interviews missing from the early period, prior to Marilyn keeping a log.
You may have seen other articles about Jessica in the tabloid newspapers, including the Sunday Mirror, that inaccurately reported Jessica's story.
Give the entries a quick glance as you scroll down to the bottom for the very latest news, we think you'll be impressed by the coverage.
November 26 2007
Derby
Evening Telegraph Local paper covered the circumstances of Jessica's
death after being contacted by Marilyn.
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November 27 2007
Central
Television Article on the circumstances of Jessica's death.
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December 03 2007
GMTVArticle on the circumstances of Jessica's death.
BBC
Five LiveMarilyn interviewed on Five Live .
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December 04 2007
BBC
Radio DerbyMarilyn interviewed on the ? show.
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December 09 2007
BBC
Five LiveMarilyn interviewed on the ? show and repeated on
the Late Show.
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December 10 2007
BBC
Radio DerbyMarilyn interviewed on the ? show.
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December 22 2007
Derby
Evening Telegraph Article on the circumstances of Jessica's death.
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January 2008
BBC
& Yorkshire TVMarilyn interviewed on Look North and Calender about
her campaign against scam mail.
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January ?? 2008
Yours
magazine Jessica's story featured on the front page.
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February 01 2008
BBC
RadioMarilyn interviewed on the Wake Up To Money programme.
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February 04 2008
BBCMarilyn interviewed, live on the couch, on the BBC's
Breakfast News programme.
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February 14 2008
Central
& Yorkshire TV JESSICA DAY (Jessica's birthday) Marilyn and her
supporters were featured as a news item when they posted thousands of
envelopes marked JESSICA to the ROYAL MAIL. In
a quest to make the ROYAL MAIL acknowledge their duty of care .
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February 15 2008
BBC
Radio Sheffield Marilyn interviewed on the ? programme.
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February 21 2008
BBC
Radio 4 Marilyn interviewed on the ? programme.
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March 08 2008
Weekly
News Jessica's story featured on the front page.
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July 2008
Central
& Yorkshire TV 
campaign and supporters
were featured as a news item helping other victims in Chesterfield.
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July 16 2008
OFT
Scam Conference Marilyn invited to address the Office of Fair Trading
Scam Conference in London.
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August 11 2008
thinkjessica.comNew web site supporting
went live. It will be instrumental in the distribution of the campaign
poster and in helping support workers find solutions to individual cases.
went live. It will be instrumental in the distribution of the campaign
poster and in helping support workers find solutions to individual cases.
0871
200 3796The
24/7 telephone HelpLine went live on 0871 200 3796. It will
be a vital tool to get the message to a section of our society that contains
some of our most vulnerable... internetless.
24/7 telephone HelpLine went live on 0871 200 3796. It will
be a vital tool to get the message to a section of our society that contains
some of our most vulnerable... internetless.
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August 12 2008
thinkjessica.comDetails of the new web site was circulated by
the Office of Fair Trading to organisations across the UK who will be interested
in using the campaign poster.
An event to mark the launch
of the web site was held in Hasland, Chesterfield. It's was
covered by the BBC and ITV TV, national and local radio but the biggest
coverage was on GMTV.
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August 15 2008
BBC
Radio 4Interview of Marilyn, taken at the O.F.T. Scams
Conference, was broadcast on the You & Yours programme.
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August 16 2008
Derbyshire
TimesThe campaign
and website details featured in Scam Mail article.
campaign
and website details featured in Scam Mail article.
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September 05 2008
Marilyn invited to the Office of Fair Trading head
office, London, to help them at their anti-scam
mail press conference, attended
by major TV and newspaper sources.
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September 8 2008
news.bbc.co.ukBBC News published the Jessica Story in the "Consumer
Fraud and Scams" section of the Business News website with links to the
OFT and thinkjessica.com. See
it here!
Marilyn gave three live interviews about the campaign.
She was on BBC Radio 5Live, Londons Bigest Conversation (LBC97.3) and BBC
Radio Gloucestershire.
campaign.
She was on BBC Radio 5Live, Londons Bigest Conversation (LBC97.3) and BBC
Radio Gloucestershire.
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September 17 2008
Marilyn was interviewed by Bill Turnbull and Sian
Williams on the BBC1 Breakfast Show.
See the interview here
See the interview here
Marilyn was interviewed about the campaign
on BBC Radio Suffolk on the Lesley Dolphin programme.
campaign
on BBC Radio Suffolk on the Lesley Dolphin programme.Full page feature about the campaign
appeared in the Daily Mirror and was a reasonably accurate report, most
refreshing for a tabloid.
campaign
appeared in the Daily Mirror and was a reasonably accurate report, most
refreshing for a tabloid.
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September 19 2008
BBC
Radio 4Marilyn was interviewed by telephone on the Radio
Wey Hospital Radio, on the Jonathan Webster show.