Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is to exhibit the medals of Fred Sadd, a firefighter who saved 27 lives during the 1953 East Coast Floods in Great Yarmouth. The catastrophic flooding saw more than 300 lives lost and thousands more made homeless.

For the first time, all electors in England will need to show photographic ID to vote at this year's local elections. Residents are being urged to make sure they are ready to vote in May by checking they have an accepted form of ID.

An order that tackles vehicle-related anti-social behaviour on and near Great Yarmouth seafront has been extended for another three years.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council's Community Champions programme has teamed up with the 12th Man campaign to offer local businesses mental health first aid training on Tuesday, January 24.

The council is asking for public feedback about the borough's e-scooter trial following the announcement that it has been extended to May 2024.

This year's Holocaust Memorial Day civic ceremony will take place on Friday, January 27, at the Jewish Cemetery on Kitchener Road. The service is held on that date each year to mark the liberation of the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz Birkenau, in 1945.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has successfully secured a Closure Order at a property in the town following serious incidents of anti-social behaviour, which included two separate fires within the building.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council's events team has gathered some of the best local suppliers to inspire couples to help plan their wedding.

Great Yarmouth's three-day Christmas spectacular will start at midday on Friday, December 2, at Brewery Plain Car Park. The market will then be open from 10am until 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

GENERATE has launched an exciting new video and 3D visualisation to help promote Great Yarmouth's new offshore energy Operations and Maintenance Campus

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is asking people to provide feedback on the final draft of its Open Space Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has been recognised by the RSPCA with a gold award for its stray dogs services in the charity's annual PawPrints Awards scheme.

Freedom Leisure, the not-for-profit leisure trust responsible for operating local leisure facilities in Great Yarmouth, are offering 100 children across the borough FREE swimming lessons for a year.

A town restaurant and takeaway has been closed after an inspection by Great Yarmouth Borough Council revealed a cockroach infestation.

Excitement is rising as the final countdown to the much-anticipated Gorleston Christmas Market in Priory Gardens begins.

Dog owners are being reminded to clear up after their four-legged friends this winter - or risk a very un-festive fine.

The council's Community Champions programme has joined forces with local organisation Vision Norfolk to offer residents living with anxiety, a visual impairment or a disability a unique Covid-19 vaccination clinic on Tuesday, November 22.

Councillors have expressed dismay after the Middlegate Estate's improved outdoor play and social spaces was targeted by vandals.