July 2010 News Archive

Hayling Island Residents Association Meeting At the URC Church Hall, Mengham, Hayling. 7.30 pm Thursday July 22nd 2010 -------------------------------------- Discover Hayling will present an illustrated talk and display for the Residents’ Associ...

The historic 25th Paris to Hayling Charity Cycle Ride is soon under way! Never before, in all its years, has the Bike Ride been so popular! All 200 designated places were filled by the end of September and we have been able to get more rooms to satis...

The Hayling Island RNLI voluntary lifeboat crew were called out just after 6.20am on Sunday 11 July to join the Coastguard and the police in a search for a young man who was reported missing after he took his friend’s canoe out for a paddle. Both ...

From October this year Havant Borough Council will be making changes to the rubbish and recycling collection service as part of its approach to reducing the council’s carbon footprint, as well as providing a more cost effective well-defined service. ...

At 3.50pm on Wednesday July 14, police sighted two men running from the Co-op store in Elm Grove carrying two baskets full of alcohol. These men ran into the area of St Mary's Road. Officers from the Safer Neighbourhoods Team and Targeted Patr...

Havant Borough Council has grants for 20 new businesses still available for local entrepreneurs and small businesses to help boost the local economy. The money comes from the Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme (LABGI) which was made...

With the support of Havant Borough Council and the windsurfing industry, the fifth UK’s prestigious annual windsurfing event takes place at Beachlands, Hayling Island on 4th and 5th Sept 2010. Entries for the National Windsurfing Festival (NWF) ar...

Hayling Island Residents Association Meeting At the URC Church Hall, Mengham, Hayling. 7.30 pm Thursday July 22nd 2010 -------------------------------------- Discover Hayling will present an illustrated talk and display for the Residents’ Associ...

Over 150 Islanders crammed the URC hall last night to experience the description of yet another little-known chapter in Hayling's rich history - that of the Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP), the clandestine and secretive group of 200 men, ...

Local bands ‘Slack Harry’ and ‘Somethin Else’ will be tuning up in preparation for their gig at the Eastoke Corner Plaza THIS SUNDAY, 25th JULY between 2pm and 5pm, when they will be entertaining us with THREE HOURS of FREE LIVE MUSIC, featuring grea...

With the the volunteers of the Hayling Seaside Railway already stretched to the limit by the rigours of the busy summer season, it is sadly not practical to run steam trains every day. So for the most part the intensive daily passenger services betwe...

Over 150 Islanders crammed the URC hall last night to experience the description of yet another little-known chapter in Hayling's rich history - that of the Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP), the clandestine and secretive group of 200 men, ...

Paris to Hayling’s 25th Year Riders return in triumph! We returned in triumph on Sunday 18th July, after a celebratory and historic 25th Paris to Hayling Charity Cycle Ride, resplendent in our newly designed commemorative road jerseys, given as a ...

A thriller by Hayling author, Pauline Rowson about a cover-up over the deaths of fire fighters in the UK has been published in Turkey by Babiali Kultur Yayinciligı (BKY) one of the country’s leading publishers. In Cold Daylight, which was sho...

The annual Hayling Island Scarecrow Festival starts at 9am on Saturday 31st July and runs for TWO WEEKS. This event attracts thousands of visitors each year who take the Scarecrow Trail to find the figures made by Islanders – it’s one of the biggest ...