Consumer Alerts August 2025
15th of August, 2025Scam gardening services offered Beware cold callers offering garden services knocking on doors in the West Lancashire area. In one incident the elderly householder agreed to the traders, described as two males in their 20's, both with dark hair, tidy...
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Emergency Alerts Test 2025
30th of July, 2025The UK government is testing the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3pm. Your mobile phone or tablet will vibrate and make a loud siren-like sound, even if it’s set on silent. The alert message will confirm this is a test and...
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Courier Fraud Alert
28th of July, 2025We want to make you aware of a serious and growing threat: courier fraud, which has cost victims across the UK more than £21 million in the past year alone. The City of London Police, in partnership with the Metropolitan Police, recently launch...
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Consumer Alerts – July 2025
11th of July, 2025Scam tree services offered Reports have been received regarding cold callers offering tree and shrub cutting services in the Hyndburn area. In one instance the traders claimed the overhanging branches were dangerous, wanted cash and claimed mor...
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Fake QR Code Stickers
29th of June, 2025We want to alert you to a rising scam known as “quishing” (QR phishing), where criminals tamper with parking QR codes to trick people into entering payment and personal information on fake websites. What’s happening: Fraudsters are...
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Consumer Alerts - June 2025
14th of June, 2025Beware scam jet washing services The Service has received reports of cold callers knocking on doors Over Wyre and in the Goosnargh area, offering to clean gutters, clean the moss off roofs and jet wash driveways. In one incident the househ...
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Collaborative Tree Planting in Wyre
3rd of January, 2025Wyre Council are celebrating the tree-mendous collaborative tree planting efforts in Wyre, following the launch of their new Climate Change strategy. After a successful free tree giveaway as part of National Tree Week, Wyre Council are holding two fu...
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Winter Service Briefing 2024/25
17th of December, 2024What is the winter service? Lancashire County Council has a legal duty to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that people can use the highways safely without being endangered by ice and snow. This means we do everything...
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Claim Free Tree From Wyre Council This Week
20th of November, 2024To celebrate the start of National Tree Week and the launch of the new Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, Wyre Council are offering free native trees to residents at a special one-day only event at Wyre Estuary Country Park on Saturday 23 Novem...
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Councillor Vacancy
11th of October, 2024If you want to make a difference and care about your local area, the parish council now has a vacancy.The council meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7pm, with meetings normally lasting about two hours. See http://www.local.gov.uk...
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Stalmine Woodland closure
11th of October, 2024Stalmine Woodland will be closed from 15th-18th October to the public for health and safety reasons, due to tree felling and works commencing. The council would like to thank the public for their patience at this time.
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