内容摘要：Mr Bedford said since losing his "dear wife" Margaret a few years ago, he had felt lonely "but being up here, with the badminton people, it gives me something to look forward to."

Mr Bedford said since losing his "dear wife" Margaret a few years ago, he had felt lonely "but being up here, with the badminton people, it gives me something to look forward to."

Mr and Mrs Clarke have been unable to sell the property because of the flooding issues and they have spent £6,000 since moving in on drying the property, maintenance and flood defences.The couple said the council had suggested building a wall inside their back garden fence but Mr and Mrs Clarke said they could not afford to do this.

There was a "clear connection" between the violent disorder in England and Northern Ireland in the summer and posts on social media and messaging apps, Ofcom has concluded.The government had asked the media regulator to consider how illegal content and disinformation spread during the unrest., Ofcom boss Dame Melanie Dawes said such content spread "widely and quickly" online following the stabbings in Southport, in July, which preceded the disorder.

She added most online services took "rapid action", but said the responses of some firms were "uneven"."Posts about the Southport incident and subsequent events from high-profile accounts reached millions of users, demonstrating the role that virality and algorithmic recommendations can play in driving divisive narratives in a crisis period," Dame Melanie wrote.

The BBC approached major tech platforms for their response to the letter.

X, formerly Twitter, told BBC NewsThe court heard Amesbury had been drinking before he arrived at a taxi rank in Frodsham's Main Street, where his victim - constituent Paul Fellows - approached him to remonstrate about a bridge closure in the town.

Footage showed Amesbury punching Mr Fellows in the head.The footage showed Mr Fellows being knocked to the ground, with Amesbury punching him again at least five times.

Amesbury was then heard swearing at Mr Fellows and saying: "You won't threaten your MP again will you... soft lad?"Members of the public restrained Amesbury and one was heard to say: "You'll never be MP after tonight, mate."