Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

GREAT Yarmouth Festival of Bowls, the biggest outdoor open bowling event in the country, will return to Great Yarmouth seafront next week, with some 1,100 bowlers competing over four weeks.

GREAT Yarmouth Borough Council has agreed grants totalling £52,000 to improve town centre frontages over the last 18 months - and businesses and social enterprises are urged to apply soon if they wish to secure some of the remaining funds.

COMMUNITIES in the south of the Great Yarmouth borough are the first to secure a grant to help them bring forward new affordable homes within their areas - and applications are still welcome from other groups across the borough.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has opened a splashpad for young children at Gorleston seafront.

People will soon have the opportunity to buy a brand new beach hut at Gorleston from Great Yarmouth Borough Council - if the project is approved by the council's policy and resources committee on Tuesday, July 31.

A SENIOR delegation from Great Yarmouth travelled to Westminster recently to highlight to energy minister, Claire Perry, the national importance of the borough's growing offshore wind energy sector.

You are invited to a special open day to mark the crematorium's golden anniversary.

PLEASE bear with us - it will be worth the wait. That is the message from Great Yarmouth Borough Council as the whole Venetian Waterways site is set to be closed for restoration from Monday, July 23.

All of Norfolk's mayors and chairmen will set out together on a special tour of the county next Wednesday (July 18) to celebrate its rich and unique cultural heritage ahead of Norfolk Day, on Friday, July 27.

THE FINDINGS of a study, considering options for managing the coastline at Hemsby, will be presented to the community on Thursday, July 19 - ensuring well-informed conversations can now take place to try to identify a way forward.

Great Yarmouth Library will be transformed into an international food-fest for people living on the Middlegate Estate when they are invited to take part in a survey about their neighbourhood.

A flat in Great Yarmouth used for illegal drug activity has been shut down. The property in Ordnance Road, managed by Great Yarmouth Borough Council, has been at the centre of drug use and anti-social behaviour for several months.

More than 450 American tourists will call into the Port of Great Yarmouth this Saturday (30th June) as the Norfolk town prepares to welcome one of its first ever cruise ships.

VISITORS to Great Yarmouth seafront will enjoy the spectacle of scores of prestige, classic and bespoke cars, as well as big commercial vehicles, as part of the GY Wheels Festival, on Saturday, July 7 and Sunday, July 8.

AROUND 5,000 extras are set to gather on Gorleston Beach this Wednesday as director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Richard Curtis return to shoot a key scene for their latest film.

MOTORISTS in the Great Yarmouth borough can wave goodbye to the inconvenience of digging around for the correct parking change - thanks to a new cashless pay-by-phone service.

GREAT Yarmouth Borough Council is up for two trophies in a national awards scheme recognising excellence in local government - with the winners set to be announced in London next week.

GREAT Yarmouth is "gearing up" for the fourth GY Wheels Festival, which will see scores of special vehicles - plus up to 15,000 visiting motorcyclists - create a spectacle along the Golden Mile.