A newly elected Reform UK councillor has resigned from his seat just days after last week’s local elections after an investigation revealed his involvement in the adult entertainment industry.

Stephen Mousdell, who had been elected to represent Haydock near St Helens, confirmed he was stepping down following mounting public attention and internal pressure surrounding his online adult content work.

Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into Grok AI, the generative chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI and integrated into X, following widespread outrage over the creation of sexualised and non-consensual AI images of women and children. The probe will examine whether X has breached its legal duties under the UK Online Safety Act, with potential consequences ranging from heavy fines to enforcement action that could restrict the platform’s operation in the UK. The case is now being viewed as a defining test of how far regulators are willing to go in holding AI developers and tech platforms accountable for the real-world harms enabled by generative technology.