Hayling island, England News

Last week, a great-great-grandmother rappelled down a building in Hampshire, England, to celebrate her 99th birthday, BBC News reports.

The inspiring pensioner, from Hayling Island, took the plunge off of the University of Portsmouth's Mercantile House on Hampshire Terrace in the city.

A BIDDING war has seen a former Victorian hotel sell at auction for 130,000 more than its asking price.

The former Tory minister, one of the best-loved stars on Strictly Come Dancing when she made inept but endearing appearances on the show three years ago, is coming to Hayling Island to give a talk on her life.

This was the second show put on by the Hayling Legends Classic Car club, whose members hold weekly meetings at the pub.

Isis Publishing has bought the rights to novels by Pauline Rowson featuring the flawed and rugged detective DI Andy Horton.

The artist, known as Stik, hasn't revealed what the final painting will be, but the work is already generating much interest around the city.

They will all be stone sculptures on the Shipwright's Way - a new 50-mile walking and cycling route cutting through the heart of Hampshire and finishing at Portsmouth's historic dockyard.

The Tories held onto the first seats to be declared in the Havant area, with UKIP showing improved results in the polls.

Concerns have been raised by community leaders as Gene Cann and Christopher Gould are recorded on the notice of poll as having no party.

CAMPAIGNERS who put up a seafront memorial to an elite undercover unit have hit out over a new pathway which cuts across the front of it.

Havant Borough Council is offering free spaces for people visiting the shops in Mengham, Hayling Island, in a bid to help businesses affected by the fee increases.