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.

Residents and members of the Great Yarmouth FEPOW community are invited to the annual service of thanks and remembrance in Great Yarmouth to mark the anniversary of V-J Day, on Tuesday, August 15.

Redwings Horse Sanctuary is delighted to have welcomed Her Majesty the Queen to Anna Sewell House in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on Monday 24th July.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced the opening of a wheelchair kiosk and all-access concrete table tennis tables at Gorleston Beach.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is inviting people to help shape a key planning document which will help set out clear principles and standards for how development should be designed in the borough.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is asking for feedback on its exciting plans to revitalise the iconic Winter Gardens, restoring the iron and glass structure to its former glory as a People's Palace on the town's seafront thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced that all the units within phase two of the Market Place development have now been provisionally leased. All stalls have been well insulated to regulate temperature and the light fittings are low-energy LED lights, adding to the market's energy efficiency.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced the winners of its latest competition where primary school children were invited to suggest creative and inspiring names for Great Yarmouth Services Limited's (GYS) five new refuse trucks.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has announced the launch of a new social media campaign aimed at encouraging people and local businesses to actively participate in keeping the borough's beaches free of litter.

Her Worship the Mayor of Great Yarmouth, Councillor Penny Carpenter, was joined by councillors, stakeholders, project team and construction company to celebrate the official opening of the council's new housing development, featuring 18 one-bedroom flats.