A launch event is being held this afternoon to celebrate the creation of a new college on the east coast.

The East Coast College is a result of a merger of Great Yarmouth College and Lowestoft College.

The event is being held at Great Yarmouth College and will see the college's CEO Stuart Rimmer and Mark Pendlington, from New Anglia LEP, cover what the new college will bring to the region and its plans for the future.

The invitation to the launch said: 'Come and hear about the merger of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Colleges and what it means for the region.

'The new college has ambitious plans to develop individual, local and regional prosperity and wellbeing that we want to share with you.'

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