内容摘要：He said moving to a fully franchised network was one part of enabling the Post Office to deliver a new deal for postmasters.

He said moving to a fully franchised network was one part of enabling the Post Office to deliver a new deal for postmasters.

Community groups in the Kent town have been running football tournaments, cooking classes and more in a bid to turn strangers into neighbours.Asylum seekers cannot work until they are granted refugee status but they can volunteer.

"The more you get involved with the people who are coming as migrants, the more you will get to know about them and their stories," refugee Naveed Ahmed told Politics South East.He added: "You will get to know they are just people like you who are trying to get a safe and sound life."Mr Ahmed went to The Perfect Place to Grow - a cafe and training kitchen in Margate that helps young people into employment - after arriving in the UK.

He said his motivation for joining the organisation was to make good use of his time, get involved with the community and "do something meaningful"."When I came here and met all of these people, they gave me a big welcome and gave me the sense that I belonged to this place, I belonged to the community," he said.

Mr Ahmed now works as a chef at a local restaurant.

Derek Harding, who coaches a football team of asylum seekers, said the people that joined the team "get a lot out of it".what they called a lack of preparation and insufficient warnings.

Rhondda Cynon Taf council leader Andrew Morgan said environment body Natural Resources Wales (NRW) had data on high river levels for more than an hour before residents were alerted.NRW's head of South Wales Central operations David Letellier said the organisation's thoughts were with everyone affected, adding that it "took an active approach to communicating updates on the expected and actual impact".

He added: "In the lead up to any significant rainfall event, we work with our colleagues at the Met Office and the Flood Forecasting Centre, and use the modelling and forecasts available to us to ensure our teams are prepared and ready to respond."Our rainfall and river gauge network are also constantly in operation. Given the uncertainty around the potential impacts of this event, we took steps from Wednesday last week to make sure our response team rotas were well staffed and prepared to tackle whatever the storm would bring.