Phil Harrison
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Aug 17, 2026
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SEND book club keeps kids reading through the holidays (opens the original)
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A special educational needs and disabilities tutor from Kent is encouraging children to keep reading during the summer holidays. Glynda Cullen runs a free weekly online club from her home in Higham where children can discuss the book Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns. "They're all neurodiverse and they're absolutely fantastic kids", says Cullen. "I just wanted to give something back to them, and what better way to enjoy their company by sitting down and reading a book?" The children join the book cl
Could a sword found in a castle's lake be Kent's Excalibur? (opens the original)
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Like something from King Arthur, a 200-year-old sword was found sticking out from a castle's lake after hot weather caused water levels to plummet. It was discovered when fallen branches were cleared from the edge last Thursday. Their removal revealed the weapon, which Chiddingstone Castle curator Naomi Collick said could be a Victorian bandsman's sword from the early 1800s. Its curved blade, chipped and rusted, with a gilded, possibly brass, hilt featuring a lion on the end, is too delicate to
Kent villagers troubled by mysterious smell (opens the original)
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A collection of villages in Kent have been troubled by a mysterious noxious burning smell for nearly a month. Residents of the Dartford villages, which include Horton Kirby, South Darenth and Sutton-at-Hone, have reported to the local council that the fumes occur at night but linger well into the next day. George Holt, who represents the area on Dartford Borough Council (DBC), says people have told him: "It's awful having to keep your windows closed at night when it's 30 degrees. It smells like
Hedgehogs suffering in record-breaking heat wave in South East (opens the original)
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A rescue centre says it has been "inundated" with baby hedgehogs who are suffering due to hot weather across the South East. A series of heatwaves have made water scarce and caused the ground to harden, making it difficult for the animals to dig for insects that make up the majority of their diet. Thorne Hedgehog Rescue in Kent, run by Lisa Steward and her team of volunteers, usually looks after around 1,200 hedgehogs a year but are experiencing a surge in the creatures being taken into care. "T
SS Monty masts to be removed from bomb-laden shipwreck off Kent (opens the original)
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Engineers will work underwater to cut the masts off a World War Two shipwreck sitting on a sandbank in the Thames Estuary with 1,400 tonnes of explosives on board. The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed work on the SS Richard Montgomery will start in September after plans from 2022 were delayed. An underwater platform will be constructed to allow specialist maritime engineers to remove the three masts from the US Liberty ship, known locally as SS Monty, which sank off Sheerness, Kent,
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