A Community, Voluntary, Faith and Social Enterprise Feasibility (CVFSE) and Baseline Study, fully funded by Fylde’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocation is well underway! Selnet Ltd were commissioned at the start of summer to help us fully understand the roles and contributions that the CVFSE sectors play within the Borough. A questionnaire has been produced to…

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Councillor Karen Buckley, Leader of Fylde Council said: “We regret the YMCA's decision to close and are disappointed that this will remove the provision of public swimming in and around Kirkham. We also appreciate how difficult it must have been to make this decision by the YMCA who own and operate the facility. Nevertheless, the…

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Sushi is a Japanese dish made of prepared rice served with an accompaniment, which is often raw seafood. Sashimi is a Japanese delicacy made consisting of fresh raw fish or meat sliced into thin pieces. When the main ingredient is raw fish, both dishes can carry risks associated with parasitic infection. Whether the fish is…

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A rising trend of consumers is the desire to purchase a lightly cooked burger. The perception is that a burger can be cooked and consumed in a similar way to a steak, but this is not the case. Harmful bacteria can be carried on the surface of whole cuts of meat. When a rare steak…

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