Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

A document providing planning guidance for coastal communities in East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and North Norfolk has been formally adopted.

This year marks the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the devastating floods of 1953 during which over 300 people lost their lives and the 10th anniversary of the 2013 East Coast Tidal Surge when many hundreds of homes and businesses were flooded. It is seems fitting then that 2023 sees the launch of the first East Anglian Coast and Estuaries Conference.

ORGANISERS of the Great Yarmouth Arts Festival are calling on local community groups to take part in this year's Carnival parade this summer.

The Out There Festival in Great Yarmouth is a celebration of outdoor arts, circus, culture and the arts, bringing the best talent from across the world to captivate and entertain.

Residents and members of the Great Yarmouth FEPOW community are invited to the annual service of thanks and remembrance in Great Yarmouth to mark the anniversary of V-J Day, on Tuesday, August 15.

Redwings Horse Sanctuary is delighted to have welcomed Her Majesty the Queen to Anna Sewell House in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on Monday 24th July.

The Department for Transport has written to Transport East, the region's sub-national transport body, to confirm government will now give 'regard' to the region's Transport Strategy.

Norfolk residents and visitors can now top up their reusable water bottles for free at more than 500 locations across the county. Many locations also refill reusable coffee cups, lunch containers and groceries too.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council and East Coast College have announced the launch of a new supported-internship collaboration with DFN Project SEARCH, building on the success of the scheme's 10-year partnership with the James Paget University Hospital.

We are delighted to inform you that excellent progress is being made at this key stage of the project.

The ongoing situation in Ukraine continues to shock us all locally, nationally and internationally, and our thoughts remain with all those who have been affected.

A new operations and maintenance campus for Great Yarmouth moves ever closer as final preparations are made for construction to begin next month.

Last year we asked you to name the new Third River Crossing in Great Yarmouth, which can now be revealed!

On Tuesday, young people between the ages of 16 and 25 had their say on the future use of the town's historical building, The Ice House. During the day's open space session, ideas and needs of our future generation were heard and documented. Students from East Coast College, Access Creative College and East Norfolk Sixth Form were in attendance.

Communities in Great Yarmouth have been thanked for their patience and understanding following a four-day major incident which ending yesterday (Friday 10 February) with the explosion of a WWII bomb.

The final phase of a delicate operation to disarm an unexploded Word War II bomb in Great Yarmouth is underway.

Further complications have delayed work to carry out a controlled explosion on the Second World War device in Great Yarmouth.

Emergencies services and agencies in Norfolk have declared a major incident following the discovery of a suspected World War Two device in Great Yarmouth earlier today (Tuesday 7 February 2023).