April 2010 News Archive

To celebrate St Georges Day this year a window dressing competition amongst Hayling Businesses will take place from the 14th April. Each shop or business will dress their window in the theme of St Georges Day and being English. Residents and visit...

Fed up with the loss of open spaces on the island, a group of Hayling Island residents have decided to take the developers on in a land auction later this month. Stoke Common is ten acres of unspoilt woodland nestled between the old Hayling Billy l...

The Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat, "Derrick Battle", and local voluntary lifeboat crew from Hayling Island’s RNLI station will be taking part in the 999 Day on Sunday 11 April 2010 and to get to the event the lifeboat will be towed 3 miles along the b...

Staff at Lakeside Coastal Village on Hayling Island are celebrating after the resort was awarded four stars by Visit Britain. The good news comes after millions of pounds have been spent at Lakeside in improving facilities and upgrading accomm...

A woman from Hayling Island has been crowned winner of a Strictly Come Dancing competition after impressing two of the stars from the hit TV show. Jeanette Broad and her friend Sheila Elsdon of Havant were presented with an engraved glitter ball tr...

Two teenage boys had a lucky escape from being engulfed by the cold sea when they were rescued by Hayling Island’s RNLI D class lifeboat from a sandbank cut off by the tide. The boys were spotted just after 6pm on Monday 12 April on a long narrow...

There will be even smaller trains than usual this weekend on Hayling Island sea front, when on Saturday 24th April between 10 am and 4.30 pm after a year’s absence, the volunteers of the Hayling Seaside Railway host their 5th Annual Model Railway Exh...

Havant Borough Council is working together with Portsmouth and Southsea Voluntary Lifeguards to set up a unit on Hayling Island to cover the swimming beach area this summer. If you are 16 or over and want to find out more about this voluntary oper...

Dogs and their owners are preparing for this years charity Wag Walk in aid of the RSPCA Stubbington Ark. This year's wag walk will be held on Sunday April 25th, starting at 10.30am. Owners and their dogs will meet at the Coastguard Station on Hay...

Windsurfers are taking to the water in a charity event entitled ‘Sunrise Sunset’ on Sunday 2nd May on Hayling Island, west of the Inn on the Beach. Havant Borough Council is continuing its support for this event, after the enormous success of the ...

Despite an enthusiastic last minute campaign by local residents to buy the land for the community, Stoke Common was today sold at auction. The identity of the buyer is not yet known, but they are believed to be from outside the area. The common s...

Churches Together on Hayling are presenting a HUSTINGS A public platform for local political Candidates to answer questions from members of the public. Sunday 25th April 2010 The Hayling Community Centre 4.00 - 5.15 pm Guests:- ...

The volunteer who oversees lifeboat launches at Hayling Island RNLI lifeboat station has been given a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by a glossy magazine which covers Hampshire. Nigel Roper, Lifeboat Operations Manager at the lifeboat stat...

Volunteers came from across the borough of Havant and as far a field as Locksheath, to register their interest in becoming a lifeguard, at last nights meeting at Hayling Coast Guard Station. Steve Duff and the Hayling Coastguard team hosted the ev...