Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

Following further erosion of the dunes in Hemsby, Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC) is providing support for affected residents and advising the public of the safety risks in the area.

Great Yarmouth Minster is set to be filled with Christmas Angels from Friday, December 8, as part of a festive Angel festival, thanks to generous funding from the Cultural Connections Volunteering project's Activation Grant Fund and The Diocesan Board of Education.

Bowls enthusiasts who competed in the popular four-week Visit Great Yarmouth Festival of Bowls 2023 have helped raise hundreds of pounds for charities in the borough.

Great Yarmouth Town Hall is set to host a fabulous Wedding Fayre on Sunday, February 4, 2024, from 10.30am until 2pm.

More than 200 homes across the borough of Great Yarmouth are in the process of having free home improvements carried out as part of a national energy efficiency scheme.

An operations manager at a funfair company has been jailed for six months after a three-year-old girl died on a Norfolk beach. The funfair company he was working for has been fined £20,000.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is inviting rural businesses to express an interest in a small number of capital grants, funded through the UK Rural England Prosperity Fund.

Great Yarmouth's three-day Christmas spectacular will start at 10am on Friday, November 24, in Great Yarmouth town centre.

Get ready to unwrap the magic of the holiday season as the Gorleston Christmas Light Switch On returns to light up the town, promising a festive experience that will enchant visitors of all ages.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is inviting local clubs, organisations and businesses in the sports, leisure and well-being sectors to express an interest in available capital and revenue grants, funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced new plans for the town's Peggotty Road Community Centre as it looks to continue the venue's valuable role for local people.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced a new funding opportunity, called The Activation Grant, designed to support cultural community events in the Great Yarmouth area.

A document providing planning guidance for coastal communities in East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and North Norfolk has been formally adopted.

Great Yarmouth Services Limited's (GYS) brand-new fleet of five state-of-the-art refuse trucks have visited the schools to meet competition winners.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is inviting representatives from local businesses to a new, free event designed to help companies embark on their sustainability journeys.

In a joint statement, Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC), Coastal Partnership East (the council's coastal management team), Great Yarmouth MP Sir Brandon Lewis, and Norfolk County Council, said: ''For many years, Great Yarmouth Borough Council and Coastal Partnership East, with the support of Sir Brandon Lewis and Norfolk County Council, have sought to secure protection for Hemsby.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC) has launched a search for artists to create an exciting new public art and sculpture trail in the town.

This year marks the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the devastating floods of 1953 during which over 300 people lost their lives and the 10th anniversary of the 2013 East Coast Tidal Surge when many hundreds of homes and businesses were flooded. It is seems fitting then that 2023 sees the launch of the first East Anglian Coast and Estuaries Conference.