Welsh town in Caerphilly, reclaimed colliery waste tip turned country park
Multiple UK outlets report on Christopher Phillips, 60, who pleaded guilty to preventing a lawful burial and fraud after storing his mother Sylvia Phillips’s body in a chest freezer in Porthcawl, Wales. He benefited from pensions and benefits while disguising her death; he has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison.
Reform UK’s Welsh leadership has been in flux as Dan Thomas has stood down after a police arrest. Helen Jenner has been named interim leader, with Laura Anne Jones elected deputy leader. Defections and internal dissent threaten Wales’ second-largest party as Plaid Cymru gains momentum.