Latest news from the Borough Council and our partners

GREAT Yarmouth Borough Council's nationally-acclaimed approach continues to strengthen communities and improve life chances with a boost of just over £700,000 of National Lottery funding, bringing the total amount towards the programme to £3.1 million.

Construction of a new distinctive housing scheme at Beacon Park has begun.

This year marks the centenary of the Armistice, the end of the First World War - and the public are invited to attend remembrance events and activities being held in the Great Yarmouth borough.

A Winter Festival will get shoppers into the Christmas spirit in Great Yarmouth town centre this year. And traders and micro-breweries are now invited to book one of the gazebos or beautifully-decorated wooden chalets that will be centre stage in the festivities.

NORFOLK'S most famous son and Britain's greatest naval hero will be remembered at the annual Trafalgar Day Service, to be held at Nelson's monument, Great Yarmouth, on Sunday, October 21, at 1pm.

COUPLES looking to tie the knot are invited to a special Wedding Open Day at Great Yarmouth's historic Town Hall on Saturday, October 13, from 10am to 12.30pm.

A REPORT setting out a proposed new design for Great Yarmouth's Market Place will be considered by the borough council's Policy and Resources Committee on Tuesday, October 16.

Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust is celebrating being named one of three finalists in the Best Contribution to a Heritage Project by Young People category of this year's prestigious Historic England Angel Awards.

THE SEARCH is on for volunteers to get involved in the next stage of a project to enhance and celebrate Great Yarmouth's medieval rows, which form part of the town's unique street pattern.

Vattenfall, the Swedish energy group, and Peel Ports, the infrastructure specialists, have agreed to reserve space at Great Yarmouth harbour to site an operations base for two major offshore wind farms.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is now inviting not-for-profit small and medium-sized enterprises to apply for grants of between £1,000 and £7,500 to offer innovative employability training courses helping residents in the borough.

BUSINESSES are reminded they have until noon on Monday, October 15 to enter the Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2018, the most prestigious annual celebration of business excellence in the Great Yarmouth borough.

'Great Yarmouth Does' - that is the message this Recycle Week, which highlights the many ways people are recycling in the borough.

National changes to mandatory licensing for landlords who provide a house in multiple occupation (HMO) will come into effect on October 1, 2018.

More than 600 tourists will call into the Port of Great Yarmouth this Sunday (30th September) as the Norfolk town prepares to welcome its second luxury cruise liner this year.

COLOURFUL new wooden beach huts for Gorleston seafront will go on public sale from 9am on Monday, October 15 via Aldreds Estate Agents.

WORK will start soon to improve land drainage and reduce flood risk for householders in part of Gorleston-on-Sea, thanks to close working between authorities and the local allotment association.

As part of National Customer Services Week, we're holding a drop-in day with staff joining us from the Job Centre and Dial.