Like many coastal towns, Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, has spent decades fighting deprivation. Issues such as high unemployment, below-average salaries and poor education attainment have passed ...

the Norfolk resort of Great Yarmouth was once a mecca for fishermen and holidaymakers. Its fortunes have since waned, with areas of real deprivation. But could the seaside town be bouncing back?

their deprivation hidden by the overall success of a region. The report found that in the East of England, the average weekly wage is £549. But in Great Yarmouth it is £479, in North Norfolk it ...

The government is mulling over new neighbourhood regeneration funding, with a final decision to be made in the June spending ...

According to Public Health England, Great Yarmouth is one of the 20 percent most deprived districts in England and about 20.1 percent of children live in low-income families. A current project ...

Families in Great Yarmouth face some of the worst access ... The IPPR, a centre-left think tank, warned that the more deprived or more rural an area was, the fewer and lower-quality childcare ...

But for Great Yarmouth chief executive Sheila Oxtoby it is part of a strategy of taking “measured” risks in the interest of creating jobs and growth in one of the most deprived parts of the east of ...

While the three towns in Norfolk and Waveney with the greatest levels of social deprivation were selected for funding (Great Yarmouth, King’s Lynn, and Lowestoft), other towns with high levels ...

especially in more deprived areas. Analysis of Food Standards Agency data by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities shows there were 198 fast food units in Great Yarmouth in February 2024.

Great Yarmouth faces familiar challenges for English seaside towns - it is one of the most deprived areas in the country. Great Yarmouth had a Conservative majority of over 17,000 in 2019 - but ...