Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is urging people to have their say on a new planning and development strategy for the area.

Local stakeholders in Great Yarmouth attended a special celebration of the key economic achievements in the borough during 2022, an event which was hosted by the council leader at the Town Hall today (Tuesday, January 31).

People are being encouraged by Great Yarmouth Borough Council to do their bit to help reduce waste contamination rates.

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 Borough Council is on the search to find helpful people within local communities right across the borough to become Community Champions - a new important volunteer role supporting healthy communities to thrive.

People can now hire electric scooters to get around Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and Bradwell in an environmentally-friendly way - thanks to a trial designed to support a "green restart" of local travel.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is thanking the community for their support in tackling anti-social behaviour, after securing a prison sentence against a man who caused issues on a housing estate.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is reminding voters who are not currently on the electoral register to sign up now if they wish to take part in the Norfolk County Council and Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner elections, on Thursday, May 6.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is reminding residents of the consequences of littering after securing another successful prosecution for a littering offence.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is thanking the community for their phenomenal support with the project to save and revive Great Yarmouth's Winter Gardens, as the council submits the next stage of its Lottery funding bid.