Great Yarmouth's cabbies say a proposal to stop them from picking up customers outside the Troll Cart - one of the most popular pubs - before 11pm will lead to a "considerable" loss of earnings.

It comes as Norfolk County Council intends to alter bus routes in the Market Gates area and create a new bus lane travelling in the opposite direction to traffic currently in order to cut journey times.

Passengers wait for a bus at Great Yarmouth Bus Station (Image: Newsquest)

WHAT ARE THE CHANGES?

NCC is making a number of bus service improvements in the town which will affect taxi ranks as part of the £2m project.

Under the proposals, drivers will only be able to use the Temple Road taxi rank - outside the Wetherspoon pub - between 11pm and 5am.

This is to allow for a new bus lane to be created, which will run in the opposite direction from the current flow of traffic.

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