Crime Prevention Alert – Fake Banking App Scams
4th of November, 2025We would like to bring to your attention a concerning fraud trend that is increasingly affecting communities across Lancashire. Fraudsters are using fake banking apps to simulate money transfers, deceiving victims into handing over cash or high-value...
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Letter to Highways 2/11/25
2nd of November, 2025We have responded to the letter from Highways to say thank you for agreeing to a meeting but expressing continuing frustration over the lack of progress on road safety. We highlight frequent unreported near misses, the absence of ...
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Response from Lancashire County Council
2nd of November, 2025Councillor Atkinson referred us to the Director of Highways who gave us this response saying that The County Council says that its limited budget means it must prioritise sites with recorded injury collisions and Ramsgreave Road does n...
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Road Safety - letter to local councillor Stephen Atkinson
2nd of November, 2025We wrote to Councillor Atkinson, our representative on Lancashire County Council who are responsible for Highways and road safety on 19th October 2025.
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Consumer Alerts – October 2025
12th of October, 2025Bogus roofing work On noticing a leak in an upstairs bedroom, a Preston householder posted the job on an online trader platform. The job was picked up by a trader who quoted just under £2000 for the work required and explained it would be...
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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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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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Ramsgreave Community Allotment and Garden
13th of June, 2025Located on a once-overgrown railway-side plot leased by Ramsgreave Parish Council, the community allotment has been transformed over the past five years into an inclusive green space. With accessibility in mind, it features a shed, polytunnel, patio ...
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Remembering Ramsgreave's war dead
8th of November, 2024As far as we know, Ramsgreave has lost twelve residents through conflict. Seven residents died during the First World War and five during the Second World War. The attached document contains what we know about them. If you are a relative or local his...
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