Residents evacuated from their homes after a sea wall collapsed in Bridgwater are being asked to pay towards their temporary accommodation.

Eight people, staying at a local YMCA after a section of the flood wall along West Quay crumbled, have been told a charge of up to ninety pounds a week will be requested to cover costs at the centre.

Sedgemoor District Council says they aren't at liberty to pay people's rent on an ongoing basis but will help those entitled to hosuing benefit.