Welsh town in Caerphilly, reclaimed colliery waste tip turned country park
Reform UK’s Welsh leader has stood down for personal reasons after reporting to police over the weekend; he stresses he has done nothing wrong and will continue as a Senedd member while backing the next leader. The party faces defections and internal turmoil as Plaid Cymru and others react.
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.