August 2008 News Archive

A 20ft bottle-nosed whale was discovered in Chichester Harbour yesterday. This whale is the same as the one which swam up the Thames in January 2006. this one died eventually Attempts were made to escort it back to the sea, but the seven-ton whal...

The chance of having a new, independent, pharmacy on Hayling Island is now greatly increased. At a meeting on July 23rd, The Hampshire PCT Pharmacy Applications Committee gave their approval of an application for Butt & Hobbs ltd to open a new phar...

‘Hornby Halt’ the Hayling Seaside Railway station and passing place, recently smartened up by local residents from the Hayling Forum after an attack by Christmas vandals, has taken on a new identity. Originally named following a sponsorship deal with...

In brilliant sunshine, the Mayor of Havant presented the 2008 Scarecrow Festival Awards for the Best in Show and the eighteen category winners. Winner’s details will be available on the Festival website later today. The Festival now goes on for a...

The winning scarecrows of the Hayling Island Scarecrow festival were announced at the carnival this Saturday as follows: Best in show: Gorseway Nursery School Comical: The Almond Family...

Brit-net Internet Marketing, owners of the Hayling.co.uk website have launched a special offer to help get more Island businesses online. The company, who specialise in delivering effective bespoke websites to clients around the UK and Europe have...

A cashless payment system goes live on Wednesday 13th August in council car parks across the Borough of Havant allowing drivers to pay by mobile phone. In rolling out the RingGo system, the council hopes to make life easier for customers who use the ...

The smallest island book shop and the Nation’s largest bookshop will join forces to launch Terry Pratchett’s new novel, NATION, at special events to be held on Saturday 13th September. NATION is set on a small desert island and challenges the way ...

Victory for Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson in the Star class off the coast of Qingdao. Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson were in silver medal position at the start of their double-points medal race, they needed to beat the Swedish team to secure the gold...

Users of Hayling Island beaches have been warned to keep an eye out for deadly Portugese Manofwar Jellyfish this week. The warning comes after several dead jellyfish have been washed up on the shores of Hayling and other local beaches including We...

Police have traced a 15-year-old mother who left her baby outside an empty holiday home in Hampshire. The teenager left the newborn boy outside the address in Hayling Island, at about 6pm on Thursday. He was discovered by a member of the public. ...