Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norfolk Police have been awarded £149,000 out of the Norfolk's Police and Crime Commissioner £936,000 allocation of the latest round of the government's Safer Streets Fund.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has obtained an anti-social behaviour injunction against someone who was allowing their dogs to persistently foul the communal area outside a block of flats.

Following continued coastal erosion at Hemsby, work has begun on the demolition of five homes on the cliff edge in the village.

Some 60 local businesses, green-tech suppliers, installers and electric vehicle dealerships came together recently as part of the Great Yarmouth - Charging Ahead event.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced the release of its draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and is now asking for important feedback.

Following continued coastal erosion at Hemsby, Great Yarmouth Borough Council is preparing for the demolition of five homes on the cliff edge in the village.

A new operations and maintenance campus for Great Yarmouth moves ever closer as major piling works get underway this week.

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.

Construction work has begun on the new Tea Rooms at Gorleston Crematorium, where families and friends can meet before or after a funeral service, following a temporary pause of the project due to lockdown restrictions.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is paying out Government grants to support businesses required to close under the current national lockdown, alongside conducting a business impact survey to inform economic response and recovery work.

The independent Planning Inspector appointed to examine Great Yarmouth's Local Plan Part 2 has postponed the examination hearings as a result of coronavirus, with revised dates to be announced in due course.