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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Work to restore peatlands on the West Pennine Moors and beyond
26th of July, 2025The moorland above Rivington is being restored to its natural and powerful glory - as bogs are brought back to life. The picture shows some the work already undertaken by United Utilities on the West Pennine Moors, the stunning back...
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Rivington Lane Road Closure
13th of July, 2025On the 1st September Rivington Lane will be closed from 8am to 5pm.
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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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Fire on Rivington Moor
14th of May, 2025Six fire engines were in attendance to a fire on the moor off Sheephouse Lane / Rivington Road yesterday evening. Rivington Road / Sheephouse Lane was closed at the Black Dog Pub in Belmont and at the Pigeon Tower car park. Thanks to t...
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Another Rivi Bomb...
19th of April, 2025Police have blocked Horrobin Lane from the Tap Room to the Bowling Green after suspicious packages were found either side of the reservoir. Some say bombs, some say grenades. Others don't know yet..........latest update is that they were training...
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Rivington Lane Crash
9th of April, 2025An unfortunately familiar story for Rivington residents as another speeding car crashed outside their house, coming to a screeching halt up a bank with a wheel off. When the resident went to check on the occupants they ran away. This is the four...
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