Help Us Plan for the Future
Residents in the borough of Great Yarmouth are being asked to help inform the Council’s planning framework and suggest sites to meet the Borough’s needs in housing, employment and tourism, and retail and leisure over the next 15 years.
Go Out and Do It
If you live in the Borough of Great Yarmouth and have a yen to do anything from learning to paint to being supple enough to practice yoga - there has never been a better time to do it.
Opportunity to Dispel Myths Surrounding Cremation
Bereavement service’s staff are giving the public an opportunity to dispel any myths or fears they have of cremation by taking a tour of Great Yarmouth’s Magdalen Lawn crematorium.
Horse and Groom Gives Smoking the Hoof
The Horse and Groom at Rollesby has decided not to wait for the July 1 Government smoking restrictions in public places to come into force, and has asked customers to stub out now.
New Neighbourhood Centre Launches
It was standing room only at the launch of the new Comeunity Neighbourhood Centre on Friday 8 June, such was the level of interest and excitement for this new facility.
Giving King George a Brush Up
There is a gap on the walls of the Assembly Rooms in Great Yarmouth Town Hall as George 1 has gone away for a clean and brush up.
Michael Moves From Drawing Board to Keyboard
After 42 years, planning assistant Michael Farman is forsaking the drawing board for more time at the keyboard.
Honest Soul Needed Please
Great Yarmouth Borough Council is seeking an individual with high moral standards to help police the conduct of its councillors.
Great Yarmouth Housing Tenants Even Happier with Services
A recent survey shows that tenants of homes owned by Great Yarmouth Borough Council are happier with the services provided for them than three years ago.
Don't Just Sit There Join In!
Great Yarmouth Borough Council’s Cultural directory for 2007/8 is hot off the press - so there is no reason to sit there and say you have nothing to do.
Official opening of The Broadway and Nelson Plaza
The official opening of a section of the refurbished Golden Mile was marked by a civic procession and a renaming ceremony.
Neighbourhood Centre launches for South and Central Yarmouth
After extensive consultation, meetings and events, the Neighbourhood Management Programme ComeUnity” for South and Central Yarmouth is poised ready to launch from its new Neighbourhood Centre at 143 King Street on Friday 8th June.
Outer harbour decision ‘the best possible news’
The construction of Great Yarmouth’s £50 million outer harbour will commence by the end of June. The contract between International Port Holdings (IPH) and Yarmouth Port Authority was signed on May 29. The harbour will promote Great Yarmouth into the ‘premier league’ of ports and will be a vehicle for major regeneration of the borough, boosting tourism and creating new employment.