内容摘要：and the matter is still subject to an internal investigation.

and the matter is still subject to an internal investigation.

"Each one [of us] had involved other people, and each one of us who had involved other people had to collect the money," Hillery said."We started Googling how many seats were on airplanes but, by the sounds of it and the amount of people that we were involving, we had personally sold at least five airplanes."

In the end, the women discovered there was no Lapland trip and no women's refuge - although they had given Cookes donations of food, clothes and money.When Cookes realised the families knew she was a scammer, she fled.Hillery said the families "lived in fear for a very long time" while Lynn recalled that Cookes had asked her to sign a consent form for the Lapland trip.

She did not sign it but the form, which would have allowed Cookes to take Ellie abroad without Lynn, raised her fears that the scammer could have tried to abduct her daughter."When you discover that Lapland isn't happening... you question: 'Why did she want consent to take my child abroad?'" Lynn said.

She said when Cookes fled, it left her afraid as nobody knew where she was.

"We had police circling our area, our home was on red alert, I had to have cameras put up around my home," she said.Councillor Paul Singh has been appointed deputy mayor for 2025-26, with his wife Ranjit Dhillon becoming deputy mayoress.

Collingswood, who attended Manor Primary and Parkfields Secondary schools, worked in occupational health in local government for many years before becoming a lecturer.His father was a Bilston councillor for 17 years and, following in his footsteps, the new mayor previously served as the council's cabinet member for resident services and the environment, and as chair of the audit and risk committee.

His son Jack, a trooper serving with the British Army in The Queen's Royal Hussars regiment in Germany, is also chair of the Wolverhampton Armed Forces Covenant Board.Garda Commissioner (head of the Irish police force) Drew Harris has called for "a real reset" when it comes to road safety.