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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Heritage Trails
28th of July, 2025Goosnargh is one of the largest parishes in the country with over 200 footpaths and several walking trails for everyone to enjoy. Being such a large parish, with so many footpaths, walking around Goosnargh is a common sight amongst the locals...
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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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LCC Summer Campaign
23rd of July, 2025Lancashire County Council are running a summer campaign from 21 July to 1 September. #LancsSummer brings everything together that Lancashire residents need to have a great summer. From free sessions at Family Hubs, low-cost fun days out and hea...
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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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New Housing applications
4th of March, 2025Residents may be aware that developers took advantage of a temporary dip in the 5-year housing supply, by submitting applications for 95 homes at Swainson House Farm to the rear of Goosnargh Lane and 125 homes off Churchgate, in Goosnargh Villag...
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Police Contacts
27th of February, 2025Police resources are allocated to areas based on the number of crimes / incidents so it is important that ALL incidents are reported - no matter how small or insignificant. Added together, the reports could illustrate that more resources are neede...
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Greener Homes - Cosy Homes in Lancashire
30th of January, 2025Preston City Council have requested that we inform all residents that they are a member of Cosy Homes in Lancashire. CHIL is a longstanding partnership to promote energy efficiency, warmer and safer homes and free grants to install a range of ener...
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