Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

More than 30 of Great Yarmouth's historic Rows will be getting a new look for the new year.

People worried about the welfare of rough sleepers in the Great Yarmouth area over the festive period and beyond can use a free service to trigger help from the local council and support groups.

A masterplan setting out how housing, businesses, and leisure should be developed in and around Great Yarmouth for the next decade is now fully in force.

An update on Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Norse Commercial Services' joint venture company.

Seven of Great Yarmouth's most iconic buildings will be put in the spotlight from this weekend.

Stalls on Great Yarmouth's covered market will be able to trade rent-free for the first two months of 2022, the borough council has announced.

The second weekend of Great Yarmouth's successful Christmas in the Parks event kicks off this Friday at the town's St Georges Park.

As the joyful season fast approaches, Environmental Rangers at Great Yarmouth Borough Council are urging residents to give to loved ones, not landfill this year.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has secured an offer of £13.7m investment from the Government's Future High Streets Fund towards its vision to transform and revive Great Yarmouth town centre as a vibrant economic, cultural and community hub.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has been forced to take formal enforcement action against four licensed premises for breaking Covid rules after Environmental Health Officers and police made inspections on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th December.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is handing out further Covid relief grants to eligible businesses, including financial support linked to the Tier 2 restrictions, and extra help for those in the hospitality, hotel or B&B, or leisure sectors.

Residents are invited to participate in a virtual Christmas Memorial Service, filmed at the Crematorium Chapel in Gorleston, to remember loved ones who have sadly passed away over the years.

Whilst this Christmas will be a little different to previous years, there'll still be a lot of gift and food packaging produced, which Great Yarmouth Borough Council is reminding residents to recycle wherever possible.

Residents and visitors are asked to complete a short survey to help bolster a major funding bid to The National Lottery Heritage Fund to save and revive Great Yarmouth's Winter Gardens.

Market towns involved in a cross-Channel project helping to revitalise historic markets are urging residents to continue to back their local markets this Christmas, with a range of initiatives underway to support a safe local festive shopping experience.

The historic former Iron Duke pub in Great Yarmouth is a step closer to being brought back into viable use, thanks to partnership working between Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust and Great Yarmouth Borough Council.

Great Yarmouth has submitted a major bid for national investment to deliver an exciting £60m vision supporting economic regeneration, recovery, jobs and growth across the borough's main urban areas.

Businesses across the Great Yarmouth borough are urged to take advantage of a Government-funded jobs scheme supporting young people who might otherwise struggle to enter the world of work.