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GREAT Yarmouth's historic Town Hall will throw open its doors for the Maritime Festival this weekend (September 8 and 9), hosting a special history trail, live music, an art exhibition, plus model boat displays.

TOP-PERFORMING businesses are invited to showcase their achievements by entering the Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2018, the most prestigious annual celebration of business excellence in the Great Yarmouth borough.

The 2018 Maritime Festival will take place on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September on South Quay when a mix of traditional and modern maritime vessels will be moored on South Quay for visitors to admire and go aboard. Land-lubbers who prefer to keep their feet firmly on terra-firma will have plenty to keep them entertained with free children's activities, exhibitions and demonstrations as well as craft stalls and refreshments.

Have fun and celebrate our borough's seafaring links at the Maritime Festival.

Shoppers are invited to a special event to launch a new Click and Collect service for Great Yarmouth Market, on Wednesday 5th September.

RESIDENTS, businesses and community groups are invited to a design workshop on Friday, September 7, to share their ideas and help shape an exciting Masterplan to improve the Middlegate Estate and the homes and lives of the people who live there.

Partnership homes specialist Lovell has been selected to build the £9 million first phase of a major new homes development, which Great Yarmouth Borough Council is bringing forward at Gorleston-on-Sea, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

GREAT Yarmouth Borough Council is inviting people to shape a key planning document which will help to guide and enable sustainable growth, development, jobs and investment until 2030 and beyond.

GREAT Yarmouth Festival of Bowls, the biggest outdoor open bowling event in the country, will return to Great Yarmouth seafront next week, with some 1,100 bowlers competing over four weeks.

GREAT Yarmouth Borough Council has agreed grants totalling £52,000 to improve town centre frontages over the last 18 months - and businesses and social enterprises are urged to apply soon if they wish to secure some of the remaining funds.

Residents and businesses in Norfolk are being thanked for their work in reaching an important milestone, as the one millionth tonne of the county's recycling is processed.

COMMUNITIES in the south of the Great Yarmouth borough are the first to secure a grant to help them bring forward new affordable homes within their areas - and applications are still welcome from other groups across the borough.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council has opened a splashpad for young children at Gorleston seafront.

People will soon have the opportunity to buy a brand new beach hut at Gorleston from Great Yarmouth Borough Council - if the project is approved by the council's policy and resources committee on Tuesday, July 31.

Fireworks are set to sparkle in the skies over Great Yarmouth as the resort prepares for its summer season of weekly displays.

A SENIOR delegation from Great Yarmouth travelled to Westminster recently to highlight to energy minister, Claire Perry, the national importance of the borough's growing offshore wind energy sector.

Thousands of properties across England will be better protected against the threat of flooding thanks to a multi-million pound investment by the government, Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey confirmed today (Friday 20 July).

A popular event celebrating the rich seafaring history of Great Yarmouth is set to sail back into town this autumn.