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

Budding Artists Reminded not to Hang About...
Pictures for the People, an exhibition for artists of all ages is encouraging would-be exhibitors to prepare as the closing date for entry is approaching fast...

Crematorium Reopening for Services
Gorleston crematorium is set to reopen on Monday October 30 after a four month spell of reduced services, while new facilities were being built...

Caretaker David is Fire Hero
For Great Yarmouth Borough Council Housing Caretaker David Matthews  Monday morning back to work was far from usual – as he detected a fire in one of the flats he cares for and helped the family to escape...

Cleaning by DERT
A road in the Borough is due for the deep-clean treatment on November 3...

State of the Borough Debate
On Thursday 2 November 2006 the Borough Council is holding its fifth, public State of the Borough Debate. This is a chance to pose questions to the Council’s Cabinet about issues that are important to you...

Cowboy Flytippers could put Householders in Court
Great Yarmouth Borough Council is warning residents that cowboy operators are charging them to take rubbish away and then fly-tipping it - which could see the householder in court facing a fine of up to £5,000...

Pictures for the People 2006
The SeaChange Trust would like to invite you to submit artwork for Pictures for the People 2006, the 38th Annual Open Entry Art Exhibition held in Great Yarmouth...

We did Blooming Well!
Residents in two sheltered housing developments are celebrating their winning ways in the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston in Bloom competition...

Successful Fly-tipping Prosecution
A businessman was fined £600 with £400 costs when he admitted fly-tipping in Great Yarmouth. The case was brought by Great Yarmouth Borough Council against Mustafa Aydin, of London Road South, Lowestoft...

International Recipe for Success
The implementation of new food hygiene regulations has seen Great Yarmouth Borough Council considerably increase its use of interpreters to help caterers of several nationalities keep the right side of the law...

Council Asks Disabled Citizens for their Advice
Great Yarmouth Borough Council is inviting disabled citizens and their carers to a forum to discuss the kind of issues that matter to them...

Homesearch Call to Landlords
Private owners of property to let in the borough of Great Yarmouth are being urged to let the Council have their thoughts on a new accreditation scheme...

Think again about young people, says Youth Forum
If your image of 21st century youth is a threatening group just waiting to cause trouble, think again. That was the message from Great Yarmouth Youth Forum which met at the Town Hall on Tuesday (17th)...

Good Practice and Child Protection Course
Great Yarmouth Borough Councils Sports Development Service in partnership with Norfolk Sports Alliance is hosting a ‘Good Practice and Child Protection’ course on Tuesday 14th of November at Great Yarmouth’s Marina Centre...

Great Yarmouth Leads the Way
Great Yarmouth has been praised for getting no fewer than five projects through to the finals of the GO-East celebrate awards – including one winner, with the Time & Tide museum scooping the Tourism Award...

New Borough Magazine Hits the Streets!
A new magazine just for local residents started dropping through letterboxes throughout the Borough of Great Yarmouth this week...

Agencies Meet to Discuss Lessons Learned from Flooding in Borough
After talks with Peter Simpson, chief operating officer of Anglian Water, about issues arising from the floods in the Borough of Great Yarmouth on Monday September 25, the Council’s Leader Barry Coleman called a meeting of all the agencies involved to evaluate the events and see if lessons could be learned for the future...

Sandbags Distributed to Residents in Great Yarmouth
Officers from Great Yarmouth Borough Council have investigated which homes in the Borough are most at risk of flooding from incidents such as the flash flooding experienced last week...

Tenants meet Great Yarmouth Borough Council to Discuss the Future
Tenant representatives from all over the borough met last week with Councillors and staff from the Housing Management Department to discuss the future of tenant participation in Great Yarmouth...