Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced that further investment is set to come to the borough - this time in the shape of almost £860,000 to be used for the Middlegate Estate.

Earlier this year, Great Yarmouth Borough Council funded the necessary improvement required by the Great Yarmouth and District Athletics Club to ensure they met the TrackMark requirements for the athletics track which surrounds the main football pitch at the Wellesley recreational ground.

After being abandoned for two decades, a Grade II listed historic building in King Street, Great Yarmouth, is set to receive a new lease of life.

As the start of Remembrance approaches, Great Yarmouth Borough Council invites residents to commemorate the fallen and support the armed forces community in person at several public events in the upcoming weeks.

An exciting programme of free access to a number of museums and galleries, as well as a series of activities and events, is available in Great Yarmouth during the October half term week starting this Saturday (October 23).

Residents across the Borough are being asked to help shape a five-year strategy to help make their coastal borough a more environmentally friendly place to live and visit.

Cash extorted from convicted loan sharks is being ploughed back into the Great Yarmouth community to help raise awareness of the issue.

Great Yarmouth's historic Venetian Waterways has once again scooped a coveted Green Flag award that recognises well-managed parks and green spaces around the world.

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 council is joining forces with Gorleston Traders Association to bring an addition to the winter programme this year, inviting residents and visitors to rock around the Christmas tree in Priory Gardens as it hosts its very own Christmas in the Parks event.

The Venetian Waterways of Great Yarmouth will play host to 15 night-time show extravaganzas with its brand new Fire on the Water experience from 21 October to 6 November.*

Great Yarmouth's beautifully restored Venetian Waterways and Boating Lake are providing residents and visitors with a weekend of entertainment suitable for the entire family as part of the borough council's celebration of Heritage Open Days.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is asking for public comments on a new Shopfront Design Guide developed to give owners of historic buildings in the town a guiding hand on how to look after and enhance their premises.

Yuletide revellers can celebrate the season's festivities in real style this year as Great Yarmouth's beautifully-refurbished Victorian Town Hall throws open its doors on Saturday 4 December, to offer a fabulous 'Christmas Party Night'.

Anyone who lives, works, visits or studies in Gorleston is being given the chance to have their say on the future of the town's seafront.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council first introduced beach wheelchairs to Great Yarmouth back in 2014, allowing those with all abilities to enjoy the golden sands of the borough.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norfolk Constabulary are proposing to install nine new CCTV cameras in Great Yarmouth, with a similar scheme for ten cameras in Gorleston, and are asking the public for their views.

Great Yarmouth's Wellesley Recreation Ground, which contains what is thought to be the oldest wooden football grandstand in Britain, and possibly the world, is set to be brought bang up-to-date with the addition of a new state-of-the-art artificial pitch area - and local residents and visitors are invited to have their say.