A mum of four with a career in the food industry has said the quality of baby food "riled" her so much she set up her own business.
Apart from the language barrier, the North Korean army has no recent combat experiences, they said.Valeriy Ryabykh, editor of the Ukrainian publication Defence Express, said the North Korean soldiers could be asked to guard sections of the Russian-Ukrainian border, which will free up Russian units to fight elsewhere.
"I would rule out the possibility that these units will immediately appear on the front line," he said.Power supply is a matter of life and death for Tetiana's son.He was born with disabilities, and needs electricity-powered equipment to be able to breathe, to eat, and to receive medication.
"We are very dependent on electricity. If it wasn't for this bloody war, life would be difficult, but we'd be able to cope,” Tetiana tells the BBC.Ukrainians are learning to live with extended blackouts as Russia continues to pummel its energy facilities across the country.
Persistent Russian air strikes mean even previously unaffected parts of Ukraine have to go without electricity for hours on end, practically every day.
Tetiana, who lives in the southern port city of Odesa, says that the endless power cuts make life extremely difficult because she needs to make sure the supply of electricity is constant.Both national and local issues have come up in this campaign, from tolls on local bridges and the regeneration of the high street to health, housing, the cost of living and immigration – with a lot of focus on a
Anthony Stonebanks, who runs a café and events space at the Heath Business Park, cites illegal immigration as one of the issues on his mind - along with facilities for young people and a lack of funding in the area.But his biggest concern is whether any party has the answers.
"I think working class people are sort of neglected, where it's like we're going to put all these things in place and they don't see it through," he said."Obviously certain areas around Runcorn are quite deprived. They look at these areas and say we're going to do this and we're going to do that…but they need to back it up."