Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

Community and voluntary groups, arts and cultural organisations, businesses and individuals across the Great Yarmouth Borough and East Suffolk Council areas have given an enthusiastic welcome to the coastal region's entry into the race to become the UK City of Culture in 2025.

Young people and adults living and working in designated coastal parishes in the east of Norfolk are being asked to get tested from Thursday, 22 July after a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks.

Morgan Sindall, the council's main construction partner on the Marina Centre Development, is offering grants to local businesses, schools, community groups and charities in the Great Yarmouth borough, through their Customer Experience Initiative.

With a shared cultural history linked to the sea, beautiful beaches, historic buildings and bordered by the unique Broads National Park, Great Yarmouth Borough and East Suffolk Councils have joined forces for an exciting bid to become UK City of Culture 2025.

Today The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced almost £10million of funding to Great Yarmouth's Winter Gardens. Known as the 'People's Palace', the Grade II* listed Victorian building is the last surviving cast iron and glass structure of its type in the UK, and is currently at an acute and immediate risk of loss.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Out There Arts have announced the box office for tickets to the Fire on The Water extravaganza will be open from Monday July 12.

Guided Heritage walks got underway from July 1 through to the end of October, with support from the Go Trade project.

Today sees the first step in a major project to boost the region's offshore energy sector as demolition work begins on South Denes Road to facilitate the creation of a new £18 million Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Campus for Great Yarmouth.

Great Yarmouth is set to have further electric vehicle charging points installed across the borough following the success of the Rapid Charge Point at Fullers Hill.

Building owners and occupiers in Great Yarmouth's historic heart are invited to apply for grants towards shopfront improvements and building repairs, as part of a £1.9m heritage programme to help revitalise the town centre.

Residents are invited to an Annual Service of Thanksgiving and Commemoration in Great Yarmouth to mark the 77th anniversary of D-Day. It will take place in St George's Park on Sunday, June 6, at 4pm.

A six-year-old boy from Great Yarmouth has helped local dignitaries mark a milestone in the Borough's redevelopment of its landmark Marina Centre.

The Go Trade project itself was successful in securing a further extension for another year. Now due to end in March 2022, this has given us more scope to help with the challenges we have all faced this past year. We are aiming to help put in place opportunities for market traders to help to recover and thrive long into the future.

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.