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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Catterall in Bloom Treasure Trail
7th of July, 2025School summer holidays start next week! Do you need something free to do that gets you out of the house? Children love treasure hunts!! Catterall in Bloom have made a treasure trail that you can follow with your children. Fun for all the family - loo...
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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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Claim Free Tree From Wyre Council This Week
21st of November, 2024To celebrate the start of National Tree Week and the launch of the new Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, Wyre Council are offering free native trees to residents at a special one-day only event at Wyre Estuary Country Park on Saturday 23 Novem...
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Catterall Micro-wood
2nd of November, 2024Catterall will soon be home to a Micro-wood (also known as a Miyawaki forest) which is a popular and successful method of planting trees. Catterall’s micro-wood will be situated on the field at the bottom of Keepers Wood Way and will take up...
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Wyre Local Plan Issues and Options 2024
31st of July, 2024Wyre Council are asking for comments from the public on the Wyre Local Plan Issues and Options consultation. The purpose of a local plan is to guide how the borough physically develops over the next 15 years. The local plan contains policies th...
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YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU - Councillor Vacancy
11th of July, 2024Have you ever thought about becoming a Parish Councillor? Do you want to help make the parish of Catterall a better place to live? Do you have time or expertise which could benefit your Community? Do you want to make a difference to all tho...
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