what have you seen changing in great yarmouth in that time? i don't remember the whole 70 years... er the late '605 into the 705 where yarmouth boomed, and it was really, really busy. into the '805 — it sort of declined a little bit into the '905. to be quite honest with you, the last 3—4 years, i think it's been a little bit of a resurgence. it's obviously seasonal, but you're very dependent on things like the weather? oh, 100%, the weather. the weather was actually perfect for us, and the numbers of people were astounding, to be honest with you. we are now coming to the big dip. hold tight! anyway... you're enjoying this, aren't you? i thought i would. so, what about things like wind farms? is that changing the feel of a town like this? i think it is to a degree. but we've always had industry here. we've had the oil industry, and i think the wind technology is taking over from what the oil industry was doing. so there's a bit of a mix in yarmouth, with tourism and industry. so house of lords says this needs to reinvent itself, this town — do you think that's possible? to a point,

and they can live here in great yarmouth? they can and have great quality housing.rew is with me again. in andrew, what you think the future holds for great yarmouth? i think the opportunities are there. there's a lot of work going on, and i think with the government now acknowledging that coastal communities have been neglected for so long, there is the impetus. but there's a lot of risk that goes with it. there's funding to source, and you also have big influences. look at the national retail picture — great yarmouth town centre is struggling, and you have to try and work your way around what the situation is globally in retail and that part of it. but when you look at the part of the infrastructure that's here, when you look at the opportunities that are available — with some work and improving lives, improving the quality of the housing, improving education and also improving the level of spending money that people have, i think that there are opportunities for great yarmouth to really spring back. the councils looked at other areas — margate is often talked abo

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great yarmouth.issue here, and it is something one primary school in the area knows about all too well. sharon is a support advisor and helped set up a food bank at the school. michael is a parent. we will start with the breakfast, what do you prefer? cornfla kes 0k? yes. why do you have do this? why do you have to come here? it's because... what we are on. because we are on universal credit, they think we can live on the money they give us, and we can't. how important is the school? this school is majorly , majorly important for me and my family. without the food bank and without the school, we would be stuffed. i would have had to go out stealing, but i don't. you would have to go out stealing without this school? yes. it was head teacher's debbie whiting's decision to start the food bank last autumn in response to an increase in students turning up to school hungry. in orderfor a child to be able to learn, and to come into school ready to learn, there is a whole raft of things that need to be in p

but first, let's talk to our great yarmouth reporter, andrew turner.ggest problems is the amount of spending money in great yarmouth. there is a lot of people here on low incomes, either low—paid or low skill jobs, or otherwise on universal credit and others benefits, which limits the amount of spending money they have. and although the borough council has done a lot of work with re—generations — they've got a master plan for the town centre, they want to increase trade on the seafront, and tourism as well, working with the private businesses here. but until there's more spending money, than that limits the growth potential for the businesses. and i think that's one of the priorities that needs to be tackled. increase the spending money to raise the gain of great yarmouth, then start bringing more spending money in from the hinterlands and norwich and the wider community where people will come from, either a day trip or a few days away. because these problems are faced by coastal communities around britain, aren't they? in their heyday, they were boomi

it's a lifeline for great yarmouth. 1000 years ago, a booming fishing industry turned great yarmouth big plays in the sector. what potential does this have for this in coastal areas? this is one of the first one is installed, and these are comparatively small turbines, two megawatts. looking at yarmouth port, you can see many new ones going in as well, from yarmouth port. the great thing about this is it creates lots and lots ofjobs, particularly in terms of operations and maintenance. and the life of this farm will be about 25—30 years, so it is almost two generations of workers employed on these wind farms. and later we will be discussing this further. as simon was saying, it is notjust the energy they provide, it is the job opportunities as well. so a lot of things to talk about, notjust this morning on breakfast, but right across the bbc today, and other challenges presented for life in great yarmouth as well. more on all this a little later. first, though, let's leave you with some stunning views as we hand to the news, travel and the weather where you are morning. —— this morni

you are in great yarmouth, tell us what is going on.ght as you said it has been the lib dems who have picked up two councils overnight, north norfolk which you mentioned, they doubled the number of seats they had on that council to take full control of it. previously it had been run by the conservatives as a minority administration but the big story of the night was down in chelmsford. until yesterday, the lib dems had just five seats and now they have 31 which is why you saw vince cable there earlier congratulating his party supporters. the lib dems cannot believe how well they have done down there. and they have had su ccesses a cross done down there. and they have had successes across this very conservative region, making gains in southend, which helped take the council away from the conservatives, and it did no overall control. as you said, it has been a very bad night in places for the conservatives, losing peterborough, basildon and southend, failing to ta ke basildon and southend, failing to take their target council of colcheste

great yarmouth.ll. sharon is a support visor and helped set up a food bank at the school. michael is a parent. we will start with breakfast, what do you prefer? why do you have to come here? we are on universal credit, they think we can live on the money they think we can live on the money they give us, and we can‘t. they think we can live on the money they give us, and we can't. how important is the school? major league, majorly important for me and my family. without the food bank and the school, we would be stuffed. i would have had to go out stealing, but i don‘t. would have had to go out stealing, but i don't. you would have to go out stealing without the school? yes. it was the head teacher‘s decision to stop a food back last autumn in response to an increase in student turning up hungry de jager to stop the food bank. in order for a child to come into school ready to learn, there is a raft of things that need to be in place. they need to be fed, warm, feels safe. it is difficult. we have had p

what you also have here in great yarmouth, this is something they really wa nt yarmouth, this is something, they have the renewable industry, the wind farms, the second wind farm in the country was opened here, and now it is a burgeoning business in this part of the east of england. there is real hope that towns like great yarmouth and others along this coastline will benefit from that and will have a rebirth, reinvention, as the house of lords have called for it. but, focusing on more money coming into towns like this, regenerating them, and perhaps recreating the splendour that frankly they haven't seen here since victorian times. a special day of bbc coverage on coastal britain, and we will have more on this later on bbc news. thank you, simon. you have definitely earned your fish and chip supper. a british soldier has been killed by an elephant while on an anti—poaching operation in malawi. guardsman mathew talbot, who served with the 1st battalion coldstream guards, was part of an army team helping to train park rangers to combat poaching. the ministry of defence said it was his first

one such town is great yarmouth, on the norfolk coast. from there, sima kotecha has sent this report. are not true, but have left some in the community very upset. at least 4000 people from eastern europe live here, many of the romanians don't speak english, so we hired a translator. the rumours started on facebook earlier this year, thousands shared this post, alleging so—called gypsy foreigners have been trying to steal children, along with this plea, "please, please, please, don't take your children to great yarmouth." it quickly generated hundreds of inflammatory comments. the police contacted those suspected of being behind the false messages, to try and make them stop posting them. we have done a lot of work within hate crime within great yarmouth. we sensed pre and post brexit that there was this tension, and we felt we needed to address that. we have put things in place to make sure that we are constantly reviewing community tension within our town. from the dozens of people we have spoken to here in recent weeks, there is a real sense that even though different communities li

great yarmouth in norfolk is one of the most deprived towns in britain. first places to test universal credit, the government's flagship welfare reform. but the head teacher at north denes primary school says it's put an extra burden on struggling parents. she says the school has become like a fourth emergency service washing pupils‘ clothes and cutting their hair, as well as setting up a food bank. recently they even had a whip round to put £10 on an electricity meter for parents who'd run out of cash. as part of a day of coverage looking at the challenges of life in coastal britain, reporter ashley john baptiste went to visit the school. great yarmouth — like many coastal towns, deprivation is an issue here. i would have had to go stealing, but i don't. you would have to go out stealing without this school? yes. and it is something one primary school in the area knows about all too well. at times, we feel like we could almost be the fourth emergency service. sharon is the school's care and support worker. she is going above and beyond her regular duties

one such town is great yarmouth, on the norfolk coast. sima kotecha has been there. s attractions are tensions and rumours. rumours that romanian mice bt grants are trying to steal children. rumours that romanian migrants are trying to steal children. they're not true, but have left some in the community very upset. at least 4,000 people from eastern europe live here. many of the romanians don't speak english, so we hired a translator. the rumours started on facebook earlier this year. thousands shared a post alleging so—called gypsy foreigners have been trying to steal children, along with this plea: it quickly generated hundreds of inflammatory comments. the police contacted those suspected of being behind the false messages to try and make them stop posting. we've done a lot of work within hate crime in great yarmouth, we sense pre and post—brexit that there was this tension and we felt we needed to address that. so we've put things in place to make sure that we are constantly reviewing community tension within our town. from the dozens of people we've spoken to he

labour leader claimed poverty levels for children and pensioners were rising, with a school in great yarmouth for its pupils and even the department for business establishing a food bank for its own staff in central london. theresa may sidestepped that question but said income inequality had been reduced since 2010. mr corbyn tried again. when the wealth of the richest 1,000 people in britain has increased by £50 billion in one year but there's not enough money to properly feed our children, or pay workers a decent wage, then we have failed as a society. this country is seeing the rich get richer while the poor get poorer, while the government is in the pockets of a super—rich elite. more children in poverty, more pensioners in poverty, more people struggling to make ends meet. when is she and her government going to reverse the tax giveaways to the super—rich and make sure they pay their fair share of taxes so we can end the scandal — and it is a scandal — of inequality in modern britain? well, the right honourable gentleman talks about... in fact, as i pointed out, the top 1% are paying mor

today at 2pm: we're in great yarmouth for a day of special coverage, looking at what it's like to livewe'll be exploring the issue of housing here, as many former b&bs are bought up by private landlords. we've got no heating whatsoever in here. so how do you keep warm? i don't. in our main news today, inquests open into the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks. as cross—party brexit talks continue, theresa may is under new pressure from tory backbenchers

in great yarmouth, one hasjust banks are opening up in britain.t. —— food bank. can the prime minister that allows what is going on in modern britain, when a government office in central london has a food bank for some it's very lowest pa id staff london has a food bank for some it's very lowest paid staff to get something to eat? the honourable gentleman knows that he best way for the people to have a good and stable income for the family is to ensure they are in work. this is the fourth question he has asked me... the fourth question he has asked me, in nine of his question so far has he welcomed the fact that employment is at record levels and unemployment is down at a record low. the way the right honourable gentleman talks, you would think that inequality started in 2010. but he was it who said,... one of the labour backbenchers shouts from a sedentary position, it did. who was it that said and the last labour government that ensured the gap between the gap between the richest and poorest in our society became very much bigger. not my words,

in great yarmouth is andrew sinclair, political correspondent for bbc east.ar is the liberal democrats. there has been a strong suggestion that this may not be so much about the remain sentiment, more a reversion to the old protest vote, that the liberal democrats enjoyed for many years before they went into coalition with the conservatives. here in the west midlands, which as you know voted overwhelmingly in the referendum to leave the european union, there were just three places which voted to remain. cotswold was one of them, downing gloucestershire, at the bottom of our patch. in gloucestershire, the liberal democrats have gained control from the conservatives. so i am sure they will be able to join the dots and say that has much more to do with remain sentiment than some kind of bland, blanket protest vote. to reinforce that, here in warwick, which at the moment, the outgoing authority had a conservative majority, there are some very strong suggestions that there are some serious damages to both the conservatives and two labour here, and indeed, some are

at, a conservative candidate hearing colchester was punched last week, a labour candidate in great yarmouth of thing is incredibly rare andi this sort of thing is incredibly rare and i think on the whole, campaigning has been simple but eve ryo ne campaigning has been simple but everyone i have spoken to has said that brexit is playing very big on the doorsteps in the atmosphere has been very fractious. andrew, good to talk to you again, thank you very much. andrew sinclair there for us in the east of colchester, really just reminding us of the huge tensions that there are, of course, as part of the political process at the moment. but we have had how many results in? ten councils declared, 238 to go but ten declared and full marks to the ten who had declared, may i just say? marks to the ten who had declared, may ijust say? we are marks to the ten who had declared, may i just say? we are full of admiration for the quick counting, evenif admiration for the quick counting, even if it is with a low turnout. and we have got 161 councillors elected, so our congratulations to them but we have mo