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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LCC refuses to answer the MP around speeding issues in the parish
3rd of September, 2025The MP for Southport, Patrick Hurley, has received a response to the petition which was calling on Lancashire County Council to install speed cameras on Holmeswood Road. The response comes from the newly elected Reform UK Cabinet Member for High...
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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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Co-locate both Children's and Adult's Accident and Emergency to Ormskirk
14th of August, 2025Make Your Voice Heard: A&E Services Consultation The Shaping Care Together Joint Committee is considering future urgent and emergency care provision across Southport, Formby and West Lancashire. The Committee’s preferred option would see...
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Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
1st of August, 2025The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Management of Hedgerows Regulations 2024 prohibit the cutting or trimming of hedges between 1st March and 31st August to safeguard nesting birds.
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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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Apply Now for Parish Council Vacancy
25th of June, 2025The parish council has a vacancy available for the role of a councillor for Rufford Ward following the resignation of a councillor. The position initially was advertised by the parish council and borough council for the chance of a by-el...
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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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Vacancy on Rufford Parish Council
3rd of June, 2025There is vacancy on the above Parish Council in the Rufford Ward caused by Vacation of office by Gillian Taylor A by-election to fill the vacancy will be held if within 14 days (not counting Saturdays, Sundays. Christmas ...
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