Complex sentence: Lowe was born into a coal mining family with Irish roots, and raised in County Durham, England, where he grew up witnessing the decline of the coal-mining industry that had defined the region's economic profile for generations.
Split into simpler sentences: Lowe was born and raised in County Durham, in a coal mining family with Irish roots. He grew up witnessing the decline of the coal-mining industry that had defined the region's economic profile for generations.