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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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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Public Meeting - have your voice heard!
23rd of July, 2025Public Meeting – Planning Application 25/00805/OUT A joint public meeting will be held on: Date: Tuesday 29 July 2025 Time: 7:00 pm Venue: Bolton-le-Sands Community Centre An outline planning application (Ref: 25/00805/OUT) h...
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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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Consumer Alerts - June 2025
6th of June, 2025⚠️ Consumer Alert: Rogue Traders and Scam Calls – Stay Safe This Summer Lancashire County Council's Trading Standards Service has issued a new warning to residents following a surge in scams and rogue trader incidents across the county. ...
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Consumer Alerts May 2025
6th of May, 2025Beware cold callers offering tree services The Service has received reports of cold callers knocking on doors offering tree services in the Wyre area. Be wary, often such cold callers will escalate an initially low price, cut down your favou...
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Public Consultation: Slyne Road, Bolton-le-Sands
1st of May, 2025Developer, Wrenman Strategic Land, is progressing plans for an outline planning application for up to 250 new homes on land to the west of the A6 (Slyne Road) in Bolton-le-Sands. A public consultation has now opened, inviting feedback from the loc...
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Slyne with Hest Parish Council Responds to Lancaster's Call for Development Sites: Balancing Growth with Preservation
11th of March, 2025Lancaster City Council is working through the process of developing a new Local Plan. They have announced a call for development sites within the district where new housing can be built as part of its Local Plan. This initiative aims to identify suit...
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