Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

People have the opportunity to discover more about the borough's fascinating history with three new talks offered by Great Yarmouth Heritage Guides.

Norfolk County Council is delighted to announce the official opening of the new Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth is scheduled for Thursday 1 February.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC) has launched a new service to enable victims of domestic abuse to remain in their homes and avoid becoming homeless.

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Crematorium has donated £14,000 to charity by participating in the ICCM Recycling of Metals Scheme.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is celebrating the completion of a successful small electrical waste collection trial, which saw items recycled in both rural and urban areas.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 with its annual service in the borough.

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.