English Heritage Praise Great Yarmouth
A new report and conference has put the spotlight on seaside architecture and its role in the regeneration of Great Yarmouth.
Remembrance Day Service Will Go Ahead
Improvement works being carried out at Great Yarmouth’s St. George’s Park will not prevent the annual Remembrance Day Service on Sunday 11th November from taking place.
Fireworks and Firework Safety
With Bonfire night looming the inevitable firework displays will start taking place. Fireworks are a great source of entertainment but also carry a range of associated risks.
Love Food Hate Waste Campaign
Great Yarmouth Borough Council are supporting, the new ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign, launched by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to help reduce the amount of good food that is being thrown away by households across the Borough.
Grey 2 Green Projects
Great Yarmouth Borough Council will be assisting local Community Groups to improve their neighbourhoods through two ‘Grey 2 Green’ projects.
What the Borough Means to Me - Photo Competition
The deadline for Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s photographic competition ‘What the Borough Means to Me’ has been extended until 5.00 pm on Monday 19 November, which means all budding photographers have an extra two weeks to enter.
Bradwell Community Woodland Project
Planting time has come again for Bradwell Community Woodland Project with the last stage of planting due to take place on Sunday 18 November 2007 commencing at 10.30am.
Blears - Great Yarmouth and Ipswich Councils Names as 'Empowerment Champions'
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears will today publish an ‘empowerment action plan’ – setting out how the Government will deliver on its commitment to bring about greater devolution and empower communities.
It’s official; Yarmouth is GREAT for business…
…that’s the bold message being projected from a new campaign aimed at helping the residents and businesses of Great Yarmouth create a better business environment for the future.
Extra Market Day in Great Yarmouth
Locals and visitors to Great Yarmouth are being given an opportunity to visit Great Yarmouth’s historic Market, with an extra Market day planned for Friday 26 October 2007 – school half-term holidays. The Market will be open between 9am and 4pm.
HomeSelect is Changing
Homeselect is pleased to announce that from early 2008, Waveney District Council will be joining the ‘Homeselect Lettings Partnership’.
Multi-Agency Street Cleaning Initiative
A Multi-Agency ‘street cleaning’ initiative will take place on Thursday 18 October 2007 in Great Yarmouth.
Sue Robinson Memorial
The life of former Mayor, Councillor Sue Robinson, will be remembered by family, friends and dignitaries in a special memorial service to be held on Wednesday 5 December 2007 at 7.00 pm in the Town Hall’s Assembly Room.
Trafalgar Day Service
Sunday 21 October will see the launch of a ‘Trafalgar Day Service’ held to commemorate the death of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, Britain’s greatest naval hero.
'Get Active' Opportunities
Great Yarmouth’s own ‘Active England’ project is inviting young people in the Borough to come to the Marina Centre and enjoy getting active during the October half-term school holidays.
Projects 'Positive Future'
Positive Futures continues to inspire young people to become involved in sports and leisure in the borough through developing exciting opportunities for them to participate in.
Dead Birds Found on Great Yarmouth Beach
The Borough Council has received a report of an abnormal number of dead birds being washed up on Great Yarmouth’s south beach.
Lights Fantastic
Local residents and members of the Cleaner, Safer, Greener Partnership Board (the board that was given the responsibility for finding projects to allocate the Government’s Cleaner, Safer, Greener funding), assembled at the town’s St. George’s park last Tuesday, 2 October to watch the trial of the new up-lighters.
Get on Your Bike
Cycling around the urban area of Great Yarmouth has never been easier with the September launch of a new cycle map.
Council Prosecute Holiday Park
On Friday 28 September 2007, Seacroft (Hemsby) Limited, who operate the Seacroft Holiday park on Beach Road, Hemsby pleaded guilty to eleven charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2006, at Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court.
Winners of Borough Council's Environmental Quiz
As part of the Borough Council’s event ‘Your Borough, Your Council’, the Environmental Health Department held a ten question multiple choice quiz, based on Food Safety, Health & Safety and the new ‘Smoke Free’ legislation.