Consumer Alerts September 2025
5th of September, 2025Bogus roofing services offered Residents of sheltered and park home housing are being warned that a trader has been going around the South Ribble area offering to re-roof perfectly sound houses and park homes, wanting deposits up front and claiming t...
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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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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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Car Park temporary closure
28th of January, 2025Car Park – behind Old Row, Barrow Barrow Parish Council has a long-term lease from Ribble Valley Borough Council for the Car Park behind Old Row in Barrow. Recently, Barrow Parish Council managed to secure funding from the UK Shared P...
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Update on Village Hall development
28th of January, 2025Village Hall update Background Residents may be aware that works on the disused Pub and adjacent cottage at Old Row Barrow have been ongoing since October 2024. As background, in Summer 2024, Barrow Parish Council managed to secure deeds for...
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Barrow Primary School - Social Think Tank
30th of May, 2024Our social think tank is dedicated to researching and analysing social issues with the goal of influencing small positive changes to our village. Our first ‘Think Tank’ will be hosted in the school hall on 1st July at 1.30p...
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Vacancy for a Parish Clerk and RFO
29th of May, 2024Barrow Parish Council Require a Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer.
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Advice Surgery
23rd of October, 2023Barrow Parish Council will hold an Advice Surgery prior to its Council Meeting on Monday 29 January 2024. The surgery will be held in Whalley Old Grammer School from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm This is an opportunity for residents to meet with their Par...
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