November 2003 News Archive

HIRA 2003 November Report. AGM supports new Football Ground After the formal busines...

Police Chiefs have scrapped recent changes to the way that 999 calls are handled locally after admitting that they left outlying areas, like Hayling Island, inadequately protected.The changes, which came into force in April, saw emergency response ve...

Hayling Islander readers may have noticed the invitation to send in nominations for a ‘local hero’ to open the new store in West Town, on Monday 17th November (10.30 am). The chosen nominee would be someone who ‘has worked hard to fundraise or help t...

Below are the minutes for meeting held on November 11th 2003 at Sunnyside Hall. Present.: P Fisher (PF), F Gi...

A teacher yesterday told a court she had warned her son against marrying "poison curry" wife Dena Thompson. Rosemary Webb, from Hayling, told the Old Bailey, she had been concerned about the whirlwind romance and the fact that Thompson...

Havant Borough Council's website was announced as the winner in the Public Sector category at the Hantsweb Awards ceremony held at the Intech Centre, Winchester on 11th November. The Council is pleased and proud that its web site (particularly the re...

Police are warning local residents to be wary of unexpected callers to their homes after a spate of distraction burglaries in the area, including one on Hayling.At 7.15pm Monday, a man called John called at a house in Hawthorne Grove, Hayling Island....

Christopher Cleal, landlord of Hayling pub the Kittiwake is now beginning a 4 year sentance for attacking his wife back in August. Mr Cleal apparently "snapped" after years of blazing rows, resulting in him hitting his wife Janet with ...