Craig Buchan

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alexis Green |Craig Buchan |South East

Record-breaking spring sunshine and "perfect" conditions are producing larger and sweeter strawberries, says one West Sussex grower. Provisional Met Office figures show the UK experienced its warmest spring on record and its driest in over half a century in 2025. Bartosz Pinkosz, operations director at The Summer Berry Company, said daytime sunshine and cooler nights in March, April and May "positively influenced our growing conditions".

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Craig Buchan

Image source, Network RailImage caption, A tree strike has left a train "unable to move"A train has been damaged after hitting a tree on a railway line in Kent. Southeastern said one of its trains was "unable to move" after the incident in Wye, near Ashford. The rail operator added it had begun running a replacement bus service between Canterbury West and Ashford stations as trains were unable to use the line. The BBC understands no injuries have been reported.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Craig Buchan

Six years of hair growth chopped off for charityCraig BuchanKeep Me BreathingJack Ormondroyd has been growing his hair for six yearsA Brighton man is having his dreadlocks cut off and will adopt a new hairstyle chosen by a public vote in aid of a locally based charity. Jack Ormondroyd has been growing his hair for six years and for the last five it has been styled in dreadlocks.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Steve Ladner |Craig Buchan

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ten people died and 40 were injured in the accident in Staplehurst in 1865The son of Victorian writer Charles Dickens reportedly said his father was changed forever after he was involved in a train crash in Kent. According to Shane Waterman, of Rochester History Guided Tours, Charles Dickens Jr once said his father was "never the same man" after a train he was traveling in derailed near Staplehurst.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lewis Mason |Craig Buchan |South East

Air raid shelters used by schoolchildren during World War Two bombing raids remain an important part of an ancient common in Surrey. Teachers at Limpsfield School led pupils to the nearby bunkers to keep them safe from German bombs - and to continue their studies. There are six bunkers - one per year group - located at Limpsfield Common, and one was restored to its original condition in 2006.