Police Contacts
11th of September, 2025As we have previously reported in the Parish Newsletter, police 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 - as added together, ...
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Consumer Alerts September 2025
5th of September, 2025Bogus roofing services offered Residents of sheltered and park home housing are being warned that a trader has been going around the South Ribble area offering to re-roof perfectly sound houses and park homes, wanting deposits up front and claiming t...
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Devolution Information
3rd of September, 2025The Government has set out its ambition to dissolve district councils and instead create a number of new unitary councils to deliver all local services through single authorities. All of Lancashire's 15 councils are now working together to dev...
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Former Whittingham Hospital Site
27th of August, 2025Development of the former Whittingham Hospital site is complex and has taken several years to come forward. In summary, outline permission was granted for 650 new homes under 06/2013/0779 of which, 150 new homes were built by Taylor Wimpey - 06/20...
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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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Housing and the 5 year supply
15th of July, 2025The current Government has pledged to build 1.5 million new homes during its Parliament – a commitment that the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Raynor stated “there are no excuses not to achieve”. Consequently, in Dec 2024, the...
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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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Proposed New Primary School concerns
24th of June, 2025Lancashire County Council have announced that the proposed expansion of Goosnargh Oliverson's School will not go ahead due to concerns around the access, traffic and parking that a further 210 children would add to the village.. https://n...
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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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Love Clean Streets
17th of February, 2025Lancashire County Council are asking Parishes to promote the use of 'Love Clean Streets' to report County Council problems such as Potholes Flashing or unlit streetlights Flooding / Blocked drains Public Right of Way issues O...
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