Consumer Alerts May 2025
13th 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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Consumer Alerts – April 2025
13th of May, 2025Bogus roofers cold calling in Clayton An elderly couple in Clayton Le Moors were cold called by a roofer who claimed there was a hole in their roof, a two day job to fix. The fraudster refused to take a cheque or bank payment and insisted on...
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Winter Service Briefing 2024/25
15th of January, 2025What is the winter service? Lancashire County Council has a legal duty to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that people can use the highways safely without being endangered by ice and snow. This means we do everything we can to keep traffi...
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Consumer Alerts – December 2024
15th of January, 2025Cold callers offering tree services A vulnerable resident in the Lancaster area agreed to cold callers offering to cut back some shrubs, The traders then escalated the job to include work to the back garden increasing the price to over £7,00...
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Heating Your Home Safely
15th of January, 2025Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) are urging residents to heat their homes safely this winter. It comes as the colder weather hits and many households have lost the Winter Fuel Payment they relied on in previous years. LFRS predicts this m...
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Bus Service Changes for November 2024
7th of November, 2024LANCASTER SERVICES Service 555 Lancaster – Carnforth – Keswick From 4 November 2024, Stagecoach will revise the timetable, adjusting journeys for the winter period. Service 755 Morecambe – Carnforth – Windermere From 4...
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