Frustrated internet users were given the chance to register their interest in better broadband at a sign-up event in Great Yarmouth at the weekend.

THE word “amazing” is currently overworked by television presenters and their interviewees although it is scarcer in the written word. Today I feel it is justified here in describing a recent coincidence after a reader contacted me about a 1932 painting entitled Great Yarmouth he had seen in a museum in the north-west of England.

Norfolk’s young chefs of the future will be catering for the Queen and thousands of guests, as she hosts a garden party at Sandringham.

Opportunities in the green economy and the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft enterprise zone will be among the topics at a major event for the Norfolk and Suffolk business community next month.

More leading companies today announced the creation of new apprenticeships, including thousands at banks and car giant Nissan.

A MAN in his 60s was punched in the head after he refused to hand over his wallet at a Great Yarmouth cashpoint.

Police are appealing for information after burglars broke into a house in Great Yarmouth and stole jewellery and a stereo.

Yarmouth’s incredible history will be brought to life in a series of experience days being held at the town’s museums. Catch a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth I, learn about the textiles that have survived the ages or how the town inspired Norwich school painters. STACIA BRIGGS reports.

Hundreds of people gathered across the region today at poignant services to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

A campaign to save Great Yarmouth’s coastguard station is to hold an open meeting to gather support.