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Civic society of Great Yarmouth makes awards to shops, businesses, market traders as well as some special awards
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After several weeks of judging shops, businesses, and market stalls in the centre of Great Yarmouth the Civic Society announced the winners at a ceremony in the Assembly Room of the Town Hall on Thursday 27 October.
Fire on the Water returns for October half term event
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Fire on the Water is back for a second year at the end of October 2022.
Great Yarmouth and East Suffolk UK City of Culture bid team awarded £250,000 of funding to boost volunteering for local people
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London 2012 legacy funder, Spirit of 2012 has today announced the award of a quarter of a million pounds to Great Yarmouth Borough Council and East Suffolk Council for Cultural Connections to develop volunteering in the area, delivering plans set out in its UK City of Culture bid.
30,000 visitors expected to seaside town's Fire on the Water shows
30,000 visitors are expected to visit the Venetian Waterways of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, where the brand new 15 night-time shows of Fire on the Water will light up the waterways and entertain visitors from 21 October to 6 November. *
The 'Out There' Festival draws a crowd of positivity
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The weather was kind, and the mood was buoyant as visitors, artists, crew, volunteers, vendors and the seaside town were more than ready for the Out There Festival 2021 which was missed last year due to lockdown.
Equinor consolidates Norfolk wind operations to position for future growth
Equinor, operator of Dudgeon and Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farms off the Norfolk coast, has today announced it will combine the operations for both wind farms into one hub in Great Yarmouth.