February 2008 News Archive

Hayling Island residents are being urged to come along and meet their local police officers and councillors to discuss any policing and community issues they may have at local beat surgeries. The beat surgeries are now being held every month in th...

As promised, Steve Wilson's new fresh fish shop opened today in Mengham. He was very busy with new customers, who were all offered a complimentary glass of wine. He said he hopes to see many more Hayling residents in the future days to come. H...

Hayling crime writer, Pauline Rowson, has cause to celebrate because her controversial thriller, In Cold Daylight, inspired by the tragic true story of fire fighters killed in the line of duty, has been voted by readers nationwide as one of the top t...

As previously reported, Pauline Rowson's book In Cold Daylight has made it into the Top Ten for World Book Day. The BBC have now published the voting results and it turns out that her book was actually in third place out of the 100 titles in the long...

On Tuesday 19 February the volunteers of the Hayling Seaside Railway will be joining forces with their counterparts from the Hayling Lifeboat Station, to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. With all money raised from the passenge...

The Hayling Island Businessmen's Club by popular demand once again features the very funny Tom O'Connor at their annual Cabaret night, having appeared some years ago at our sell out event. The evening commences at 6.30pm and ends at midnight. Tickets...

Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery that happened in Hayling Island on Saturday, February 9. The incident occurred between 2.30am and 3am, when a 20-year-old man was walking along Hollow Lane. He was approached by two men from behin...

WHAT is it? a meeting point for help or general enquiries to ask for personal help/advice eg finance, form filling etc to ask for help if worried about personal safety to report anti-social behaviour to meet your local community safety team ie p...

At the February HIRA Executive Committee meeting there was unanimous agreement on two topics. The first being that the Rose in June site was much too valuable as the community resource to allow irrelevant housing to be placed on it and that without a...

Police are issuing a warning to vulnerable residents across Hampshire after a series of incidents involving bogus callers. On Wednesday, February 13, three addresses were visited by a man claiming to be from the water board, saying that he needed ...

Do you have a great idea for the theme of the 2008 Hayling Carnival? If you do, then the organisers want to hear from you. They are also looking for people who can help make the carnival a success by volunteering in small ways. For more inform...

By Ian Edwards with photograph by Carol Carter Clear blue skies and calm seas were the order of the day on Tuesday 19 February at the Hayling Seaside Railway. When the line’s volunteers joined with their colleagues at Hayling’s Sandy Point Lifeboa...

Hayling Island Horticultural Society, founded in 1886, is to hold its 2008 Spring Show on Saturday 29th March at the Hayling Island Community Centre. Despite the early start to spring, we hope that exhibitors will have plenty of beautiful daffodils ...

It’s all about the children, not me! Thankfully the weather gods were kind to us and the sun shone on the first Mill Rythe Infant School WOW day. We were absolutely delighted with the take-up. Two volunteers were on hand at the north end of the ...

Yes, we have finally made it! The target of £85,000 in fundraising from last year’s ride we needed to achieve, in order to go over the £1,000,000 raised from the Paris to Hayling Charity Cycle Ride accumulated over the years of the event, was reac...

I feel that I should respond to the recent extraordinary and irrational outburst by the Mayor of Havant, Hayling Councillor Victor Pierce Jones, reported in the Portsmouth News and on local radio. He said that plans for a town council on Hayling coul...