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Voter ID - make sure you are ready

The UK Government is changing how you vote. From May 2023, you will need to show photo ID when you vote at a polling station.

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Latest News

Please see below for the latest press releases from Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Our News and Press section enables you to view all of the latest council and partners' news, and search through our archive for previous press releases.

Council urges residents to 'bin it right' and help combat contamination rates

Used plastic bottles being recycled

People are being encouraged by Great Yarmouth Borough Council to do their bit to help reduce waste contamination rates.

Hero firefighter's medals to go on display at Town Hall

A portrait of Fred Sadd, firefighter who saved 27 lives in the 1953 East Coast Floods in Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth Borough Council is to exhibit the medals of Fred Sadd, a firefighter who saved 27 lives during the 1953 East Coast Floods in Great Yarmouth. The catastrophic flooding saw more than 300 lives lost and thousands more made homeless.

Great Yarmouth residents need photo ID to vote at elections in May

For the first time, all electors in England will need to show photographic ID to vote at this year's local elections. Residents are being urged to make sure they are ready to vote in May by checking they have an accepted form of ID.