Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

GREAT Yarmouth Borough Council will consider next week whether to approve a project aiming to improve housing and social conditions for private sector tenants in part of Great Yarmouth, while tackling unethical landlords.

GREAT Yarmouth's historic Town Hall will throw open its doors for the Maritime Festival this weekend (September 8 and 9), hosting a special history trail, live music, an art exhibition, plus model boat displays.

TOP-PERFORMING businesses are invited to showcase their achievements by entering the Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2018, the most prestigious annual celebration of business excellence in the Great Yarmouth borough.

The 2018 Maritime Festival will take place on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September on South Quay when a mix of traditional and modern maritime vessels will be moored on South Quay for visitors to admire and go aboard. Land-lubbers who prefer to keep their feet firmly on terra-firma will have plenty to keep them entertained with free children's activities, exhibitions and demonstrations as well as craft stalls and refreshments.

RESIDENTS, businesses and community groups are invited to a design workshop on Friday, September 7, to share their ideas and help shape an exciting Masterplan to improve the Middlegate Estate and the homes and lives of the people who live there.

GREAT Yarmouth Borough Council is inviting people to shape a key planning document which will help to guide and enable sustainable growth, development, jobs and investment until 2030 and beyond.

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.