All press releases issued in August 2006 can be viewed below:

61st Annual Great Yarmouth Festival of Bowls
The first wood of the 61st Annual Great Yarmouth Festival of Bowls will be bowled on Sunday 27th August on the Britannia Bowling Greens...

Town Hall Open Days
The weekend of the Maritime Festival offers the opportunity to visit Great Yarmouth Town Hall to take in its history and enjoy a series of talks and features about the Borough...

Great Yarmouth Beach sees Volleyball Success
The first Beach Volleyball Classic tournament staged on Central Beach (beside Britannia Pier) proved to be a great success. Britain’s top men and women volleyball players were amongst the 140 competitors taking part over the bank holiday weekend...

Golden Anniversary for Silver Olympiad to be Honoured
Anne Pashley, a former Great Yarmouth schoolgirl, who won a silver medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics is to receive a Civic Certificate of Achievement from the Borough Council on September 8...

New Project Manager Sees a Sharp Future
Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s £4.42 million SHARP initiative has been placed in the experienced hands of Project Manager William Wong...

Planning for the Next Generation 2006-2012
Great Yarmouth’s Play Strategy is now out for consultation. Based on the work of the Great Yarmouth Play Partnership, this strategy sets out Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s policies on children’s play...

Great Yarmouth Beach Volleyball Classic
Britain’s top two men and women beach volleyballers are amongst 140 players taking part in the inaugural Great Yarmouth Beach Volleyball Classic on Central Beach over the Bank Holiday weekend...

Sandbags Available From Great Yarmouth Borough Council
A torrent of calls from worried members of the public after last weeks flooding in Great Yarmouth has seen the Borough Council decide to issue sandbags

Fly-Tipping on Caister By-Pass
Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s Environmental Health team is asking for help to apprehend fly-tippers who dumped building rubbish on Caister by-pass...

Bowling Tournament is High Maintenance
When the country’s largest bowling tournament begins on Great Yarmouth seafront at the weekend...

Ivan is a Smoke-Free Zone
Ivan Clark has joined Great Yarmouth Borough Council to help local businesses to become smoke-free zones...

Food Safety 2006/7
The vast majority of food premises visited by Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s inspectors have received high ratings...

Health and Safety and Licensing Team Report
Changes to licensing legislation which moved responsibility from magistrates courts to local authorities...

Get Ahead of the Weather
The recent heavy rain brought a torrent of calls for help to Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s Environmental Health team...

Cleaning by DERT
Two roads in the Borough are due for the deep-clean treatment on August 25...

Summer Radio Roadshow comes to Great Yarmouth
Legendary DJ names such as Mike Read and Smiley - Miley will be heading up the Big L Radio roadshow (1395am), which hits Great Yarmouth on Thursday 17th August...

National Beach Volleyball Tour Hits Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth will host a National Volleyball event for the first time this August bank holiday weekend as part of the Volleyball England Beach Tour 2006...

Latest Flood News
The annual astronomical or high tides are expected between 9 to 11 of September and 7 to 10 of October this year...

Core Strategy Leads Brownfield Regeneration *Consultation*
Residents and businesses can help plan the future of Great Yarmouth Borough over the next 15 years by having their say on the Council’s ‘Core Strategy’ Preferred Options – which will form the base of the new Local Development Framework (LDF)...