Fleetwood
Shops shutdown in Lancashire for illegal trafficking
Following a sting operation where stores all throughout Lancashire were found to be selling vapes to minors, hundreds of illicit devices were seized.
Together with Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire County Council Trading Standards inspectors tested establishments in Rossendale, Fleetwood, South Ribble, Preston, and Fylde. Eight of the 49 establishments that were examined allowed volunteers between the ages of 13 and 16 to buy alcohol or vapes.
Lancashire Constabulary issued penalty charge notices for the alcohol sales, and Trading Standards will take enforcement action for the vape sales. During the operation, Trading Standards also confiscated more than 590 vapes that did not comply.
Four out of thirteen examined locations offered vapes, four out of 35 checked locations sold booze, and one shop was tested for cigarette sales but did not sell any during the test purchase crackdown that occurred over the Easter weekend.
“We are disappointed that eight businesses chose to sell alcohol and vapes to children, even though we are happy that the vast majority of the tested businesses did not sell to the volunteers,” Trading Standards manager Angela Lomax stated. Establishing a strict ‘Check 25’ policy is the most effective approach for companies to stop selling to minors.
Police are trying to piece together the last movements of a man who was found dead on the beach at Fleetwood.
On Friday at around 17:00 BST, a dog walker found the death of Staffordshire resident George Wiskin, 76.
He passed away from natural causes, according to a post-mortem study.
The police have asked witnesses to come forward “for the sake of his family” and believe that Mr. Wiskin may have been in the Blackpool region for a conference.
Major road near Evesham is blocked by a fatal crash; police are on the scene and advising drivers to take detours.
A vital commuter road that connects Gloucestershire with Evesham in Worcestershire has been closed due to a fatal collision involving a lorry and a pedestrian. Delays are occurring this morning on the A46 at Ashton under Hill due to an accident (Friday, June 28).
The incident took place on the section of road that runs between Hinton on the Green and the Teddington Hands roundabout. Emergency services are on the scene, and it happened at around six in the morning.
The 28-year-old pedestrian was declared dead at the scene, according to West Mercia Police. The road will stay closed till after 2:00 pm.
Following a crash at a Fleetwood roundabout this morning (Wednesday, June 26), emergency services were called to Chatsworth Avenue, where the car mounted the roundabout shortly after 7am.
The car then crashed through multiple bollards on the roundabout, into a bus stop and a brick wall on the other side, and finally came to a stop outside a retirement home.
A woman was taken to the hospital following the incident.
Ambulance personnel treated the woman on the spot before bringing her to a hospital for more care.
While police, ambulance, and fire departments were on the site, the road was closed.
“We were called at 7.06am today to Chatsworth Avenue, Fleetwood, to a report of a road traffic collision,” a police spokesperson stated.
“It was discovered that an automobile had struck some street equipment and a roundabout.
“The driver was hurt and sent to the hospital to receive medical attention.”
We contacted North West Ambulance Service to get more information on the victim and her injuries.
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