August 2007 News Archive

The judges of the first Hayling Island Scarecrow Festival had some difficult choices to make when they met to decide the winners in each Category. The three invited judges met in bright sunshine on Saturday 28th at the Sinah Warren Hotel, Ferry R...

Today is carnival day, and with the Scarecrow festival help building excitement over the last few days and the sun making a welcome return, it is looking to be a good one this year. The main event, the carnival procession, will be leaving the seaf...

I am delighted to report that Jack Shotton was awarded a gold medal in this year's International Mathemematics Olympiad held in Saigon. 93 countries sent teams of their best young mathematicians and there were over 500 participants this year. T...

Work on the Hayling colleges sports hall roof is progressing nicely and seems to be on target. The building at the back of the grounds, dating from the late 60s, was damaged a few months back by the high winds Hayling experienced, ripping off a corn...

The Trading Standards ‘Scambusters’ Team has issued a special urgent warning to households in the Southern Counties and along the South coast about a gang of prolific tarmaccers who are ripping off victims for thousands of pounds. Intelligence is av...

BBC Radio Solent have decided to include Hayling Island in on their " Solent Summer Roadshow " which is great news. Their plan is to park their single Decker bus just behind the Beachlands office on Thursday 16th August and do live broadcasts betwe...

The Bike Ride returned in good spirits on Sunday 15th July, finishing at Hayling College to welcome refreshments provided by Hayling United Football Club, after the wettest ride on record. Preliminary indications are that we should reach our £1,000,0...

Travelling to work this morning I noticed someone had vandalised the 'Gorron' roundabout at the junction of the Seafront with Beach Road. Several of the "Hayling" letters were missing, others were bent and mis-shaped. This had obviously happened ...

After recent concern about the review of Hayling bus services, County Councillor Ann Buckley has kindly contacted us with the following message: I attended the meeting today at Hampshire County Council. The Stagecoach weekday evening service 31...

The Royal Marines Association Concert Band is to return to Hayling Island. Following a sell-out performance at the Station Theatre, the band will return, by popular demand, on the afternoon of Sunday 25th November to entertain with many old favourit...

SWITCHED are looking for new members to join its dance group. SWITCHED are a group of DJ's, promoters and dancers that are based on Hayling and hold events across the south coast. Dancers will be required to support the DJ at events, by danc...

Hayling's early bus service is changing their times. The Number 30 bus will be 6.02 as from the 1st September and the 31 will be 6.14. Although only changing by a few minutes, early workers could miss their bus....

Detectives are today (Thursday, August 30) appealing for witnesses to an attempted armed robbery that happened this morning at about 7.30am at the ‘Frydays’ Fish and Chip Shop in London Road, Widley. Two men entered the shop wearing balaclavas. Th...