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Action Fraud has received 752 reports in four days relating to fake emails purporting to be from Ofgem. The emails state that the recipient is eligible for a rebate as a result of a newly announced government scheme. The links in the emails lead to genuine-looking websites that are designed to steal your personal and financial information.

Please view this tweet to see a screenshot of the fake emails reported to Action Fraud: https://twitter.com/CyberProtectUK/status/1527657160586444800?s=20&t=RdAiopW83gUlsAymvjnu5g

Remember, your bank, or any other official organisation, won’t ask you to share personal information over email or text. If you need to check that it’s a genuine message, contact the company using details from their official website or app.

Spotted a suspicious email? Forward it to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) – 

This weekend’s fixtures at Aston Rowant Cricket Club:

Saturday 28^thMay

1st Team v Wokingham

Top pitch

Start 1130hrs

 

4^th Team v Kimble 1^st team

Bottom pitch

Start 13.00hrs

 

The bar will be open as usual.

 

For other fixtures and junior games see the club’s website – astonrowantcc.com

Pop up Pub in Aston Rowant

The Aston Arms will be opening its doors on Friday 3^rd of June at 6pm in the church. We have the license in place and the beer is on order. There will be cheap draught beer, real ale brewed locally, as well as a supply of wine and other drinks. So please come and join us, the beer doesn’t keep so we need customers. If the event is successful we hope to be able to repeat it in the future.

Service of Thanksgiving for the Jubilee of our Queen

A service will be held at 10 am on Sunday 5^th June to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II at St Peter and St Paul’s Church in Aston Rowant. Everyone is welcome to join us to mark this important event.

Church Decorations

The church will be decorated for the Jubilee by different members and groups in the community. Please visit any time to view.

For those interested, below are Aston Rowant Cricket Club’s fixtures this weekend:

 

Saturday

1st team v Finchampstead 1^st Team

Start 11.30

Top Field

 

3^rd team v Tetsworth 1^st team.

Start 1pm

Bottom Field

Sunday

Village Knock Out 3^rd Round

Aston Rowant v Langford

1pm

More details on all fixtures including junior matches are on the club’s website -https://www.astonrowantcc.com

FTTP is in progress and slowly, but surely, coming.

Some may have seen engineering crews in the area, others will have seen new black boxes and loops of cable tied high on telegraph poles. The observant may have seen yellow marks sprayed in places on the road.

But progress aside, a number have said that they’ve not received vouchers to validate.

To reassure, this is not an issue. Why? FTTP is coming regardless but also, Openreach can only claim 100 percent of the install cost. The extra 30 percent of project cost that I had to find through ‘extra’ pledges was to provide a ‘subs bench’ for those that didn’t qualify for a voucher or who, for example, had left the parish.

So, if you’ve not had a voucher, don’t worry – you’ll still be able to take advantage of FTTP when it arrives, hopefully by September.

In the meantime, don’t forget to start looking around for the best deal for your circumstances, noting any contractual tie-in’s that you may be obliged to observe. Neither I nor the parish council can make recommendations, at least not officially.

Cllr. Adam Bernstein