October 2007 News Archive

The latest crime novel by Hayling Island author, Pauline Rowson, called Deadly Waters, has just been published by Severn House and sees the return of Tide of Death's fearless hero DI Andy Horton. DI Horton’s patch is Portsmouth and in Deadly Wat...

at 2 o`clock this morning vandals wrecked the toilets behind the conservative hut, not content with that they tried to break into a van by removing the window seals and leaving a stanley knife blade in the door lock, then they tried to steal a white ...

The Leader of Havant Borough Council, David Gillett, has announced today that he will be standing down as Leader at the end of this term, May 2008. Cllr Gillett said "It has been a privileged and an incredible experience to have led the authority...

The Hayling College, this week have contacted staff and parents about a proposal to change the college into a foundation school, this means taking control away from the local authority and placing it into the hands of the schools governing body. ...

On Saturday the coastguard found a rigid inflatable boat with nobody on board in the entrance to Langstone harbour. A search for the missing crew was conducted by the land, sea, and air units from the RNLI lifeboats. Despite searching all over the...

Hayling Legends were requested by manager Craig Davies of Lakeside Holiday Village to provide some time-related vehicles for the meeting of the ex POW’s and Evacuees weekend. Added to the many wartime props already provided by Lakeside this event...

Hayling Island Councillor Andy Lenaghan and 'Hayling's BEST' Market Town Initiative Officer Sarah Snowden, are the first two people to sign up to take a dip in the sea on Hayling seafront to raise money for 'Chilrden in Need' This will take place...

The TechGuys is a new shop located on the recently opened Central retail Park in Havant. It’s here to help people with their daily computer trouble, we cater for absolutely everyone! The branch manager, Simon Kearn is a true "Islander" with over 1...

Today's "News of the World" stated that a Hayling Island DIY enthusiast who was building a traction device to alleviate his wife's neck pain, accidently hanged himself whilst testing the workings of it. Pensioner,John Burton had constructed a wood...

As part of an effort by the big lottery fund to widen community learning opportunities in libraries, Hayling Island Library has been selected to receive some of the grant money for re-modeling and updating. Over £1.2m has been granted to librarie...

Police in Central OCU are working in partnership with Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, local councils and trading standards to combat the associated problems of Halloween, and to ensure the public stay safe. The partnership’s aim is to educate c...