Gwent police have been notified by a victim that they had received an unknown message on Facebook from a person purporting to be a female, and when they clicked on the attached link this enabled the offender to access their phone. They then proceeded to send messages to all of her contacts, enter their Snapchat account and finally, access and steal from her online banking app. Gwent police would advise that you be cautious in opening any links in messages sent to you randomly by persons unknown to you.

If you do fall victim to such a crime please report this to Action Fraud  – online to Actionfraud@police.uk or by phone to 0300 123 2040

As the end of May approaches and we have had all these weeks at home perhaps it is time to say thank you to:

The people who have:

• shopped for others

• collected and delivered prescriptions

• rung up to check that people are all right

• said “hello” in the street

• made offers of help

• maintained a sense of humour

• followed Government guidelines

• clapped for NHS, Carers and Frontline workers

The Post Office

• for keeping open

• ordering vegetables and other items

• supplying milk, bread and loo paper

The Angel Inn

• Fish and Chips

• Sunday Lunch

• Our “drink”

• VE Day BBQ

The Church

• keeping services going on-line

All other local suppliers 

• delivering groceries

• delivering fruit and vegetables

• delivering Ice Cream

• delivering plants and garden goods

• The Bridge Inn – providing food and groceries

and

• To the weather for being kind most of the time!

 Please continue to stay home and save lives this Bank Holiday weekend

https://mailchi.mp/8a8df590468a/please-continue-to-stay-home-and-save-lives-this-bank-holiday-weekend?e=beeffc12f9

Please click on the link below for up to date information on Recycling Centres locally.

https://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/recycling-and-waste/household-waste-recycling-centres/

Fake Council Tax Reduction Email Scam…

#ScamAlert – Lookout for fake Gov.UK – Council Tax Reduction emails. Action Fraud have received over 640 reports in 2 days.

The scam email asks the recipient to click a link and fill out their personal and financial details to access the refund. This is a scam!

If you receive an unexpected message asking you to confirm personal or financial details:

Do not click on links or attachments, or use any contact details contained within the message ✋

Verify using your own trusted method 👍

Please alert your friends and family.

Thank you for reading.

We are sad to learn from Jill McVann that Bob Wilcox died late last night, having contracted Covid-19 in his Abergavenny nursing home.

Many in the village will remember Bob in his role as a local councillor and as headteacher of our village primary school.

Bob will always be remembered for the part he played in village life – he was recently seen in the video of 1995’s VE Day celebrations shown to mark the 75^th anniversary – and all he did for Grosmont.

Bob celebrating his 90th birthday in 2018

With thanks to everyone in the village who contributed to the slide show below.

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With many thanks to Patrick Boyd for the majority of the photographs and to other people who have also contributed to the slideshow below.
(Parental permission has been obtained for any children in the photographs)

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BOOKS, BOOKS

BOOKS!

TO EXCHANGE OR BORROW.

IN THE CHURCH PORCH NOW.

Plan a celebration:
https://ve-vjday75.gov.uk/plan-your-ve-day-party

VE Day Commemoration Events

• 11am — Two-minute national silence to remember the declaration of victory and the end of the Second World War in Europe.
• 2.45pm – 3.45pm — The first of two special BBC One  programmes to mark VE75, including extract from Sir Winston Churchill’s victory speech delivered at 3pm on VE Day.
• Afternoon — Britons encouraged to hold 1940s-style afternoon tea parties at home rather than street parties, including homemade bunting and recipes from the era.
• 9pm — Address by the Queen followed by national doorstep rendition of Dame Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Again.