内容摘要："But guilt is an empty emotion, I can't do anything about that now."

"But guilt is an empty emotion, I can't do anything about that now."

To qualify for the payment of up to £300, pensioners must receive pension credit or other means-tested benefits.Lyons told the assembly that from August to October this year, 3,026 applications for pension credit had been received by his department - representing a rise of about 56% from the same time last year.

Business owners have said they are feeling "devastated" as council works have stopped customers from visiting them.Quay Corner coffee shop in Stockton, on Teesside, has seen the average number of Saturday customers drop from 30 a day to two, since a section of the Riverside Walk footpath closed last month.The local authority is building a multimillion-pound urban park, Stockton Waterfront, which is expected to be completed in 2026.

Stockton Council said it was meeting regularly with businesses on Quayside Road to discuss how each phase might impact them, and support them.One of the managing directors of Quay Corner, Joanne Horner, said she had been left "devastated, concerned and worried" by the situation.

A section of footpath between the Millennium and Riverside Road footbridges closed at the start of October.

Mrs Horner said her shop had been popular with walking groups, but a lengthy diversion had cut them off.After three nights behind bars, a judge agreed to suspend Amesbury's jail term for two years.

Under concerted pressure to quit the House of Commons, Amesbury - who lost the Labour whip after he was arrested last autumn and has since been sitting as an independent MP - agreed to stand down.Runcorn and Helsby includes the towns of Runcorn, Frodsham and Helsby, as well as various villages and a significant rural area.

In total, 22% of the constituency is classed as a built-up area, 60% rural and 14% as water or wetland.It has a population of 93,520, with 21% of residents under 18, 57% aged 18-64 and 21% over 65.