Mawdesley In Bloom - Closing Date 29/08/25

Please don't forget to e mail your entries to the Parish Clerk  Catagories: Best Garden. Best Planter, Tub or Container, Best Hanging Basket, Best Floral Business, Children's category - tallest sunflower 

Consumer Alerts August 2025

Scam 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...

Emergency Alerts Test 2025

The 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...

Courier Fraud Alert

We 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...

Consumer Alerts – July 2025

Scam 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...

Lancashire County Council July Alerts

Fake QR Code Stickers

We 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...

Notice of a Parish Councillor Vacancy

Consumer Alerts - June 2025

Beware 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...

Annual Parish Council Meeting - New Date

The annual meeting (followed by the monthly meeting) will take place on the 20th May 2025, 7.30pm in the lounge area of the village hall.  All welcome.

Community Morning Moss Fields 1st February

A huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped us create the wonderful new natural hedge on Moss Fields.  Thank you to Ian Wright from Lancashire County Council who provided some great advice on how to prune the fruit trees in the heritage or...