Consumer Alerts - February 2025
7th of February, 2025Bogus gardening work Residents in South Ribble are being warned of cold callers knocking on doors offering to cut back trees and shrubs. In one instance a vulnerable householder was conned into having a tree cut back as the traders said neighbours...
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Consumer Alerts – January 2025
7th of January, 2025Bogus roofing work If you are experiencing a leaking roof, do your research before employing a roofer. In one incident in East Lancashire a roofer began work after diagnosing the problem, then began to introduce other problems with the roof....
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Proposed changes to the tendered bus service network in Preston, South Ribble and Chorley
30th of December, 2024Please see the attached poster Timescales and feedback The changes to services are due to take place on 31 March 2025 in line with new contracts for operating the services. Lancashire County Council (LCC) would like to make sure the change...
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Winter Service Briefing 2024/25
28th of December, 2024What 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
9th of December, 2024Cold 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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