The Government’s move to introduce plain tobacco packaging has been welcomed by Azhar Ali, Lancashire County Council’s cabinet member for health and wellbeing. After writing to MPs encouraging them to […]
Local Mums Do Know What’s Best when it comes to MENDing kids’ diets
Dee, Sam and Zoe Local teenagers Sam and Zoe Heron, age 14 and 11, Ryan Cooke age 12 and Lewis Ellison age 14 are pupils with a lot in common. […]
Trading Standards warn: don’t drink Zam Zam water
Lancashire County Council Trading Standards is advising against drinking bottled water described or labelled as Zam Zam water amid concerns it may contain high levels of the poison arsenic. Zam […]
Lancashire County Council calls for new shisha legislation
Lancashire County Council is joining forces with local authorities across England and calling on central government to help councils to clamp down on shisha bars that flout smokefree laws. Smoking […]
Local sunbed users warned: Four out of five sunbeds fail safety checks
Lancashire County Council Trading Standards is warning tanning salons after high numbers of sunbeds were found to fail safety checks. Officers tested the UV radiation levels of 37 sunbeds which […]