the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largestnergy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means 0ctopus will take onboard bulb's one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb is the biggest - green energy company... it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the government, who pumped hundreds of millions of pounds into the business, but now a deal has been struck that it is hoped will give relief notjust to customers, taxpayers, but also hundreds of staff. today, 0ctopus were confident that the takeover of bulb's customers would be smooth. 0ctopus has got a great track record of bringing large numbers of customers across. so for, example, when avro failed — it was the largest company to date — we were able to look after those customers an

the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, one of the companies whichholesale gas and electricity prices. the head of the royal navy orders an investigation into allegations that female recruits have been sexually abused and harassed on submarines.

the household energy supplier 0ctopus is to buy its competitor bulb — the largest energy company to collapset since then. now, 0ctopus has agreed a deal to take on the company's one and a half million customers. our business eeporter ramzan kamali has the details. the energy market was in disarray this time last year. dozens of firms went bust as energy prices soared. the regulator, 0fgem, increased what was then known as the energy price cap. the biggest victim was bulb, put in a special administration, kept going by a huge government bailout. today 0ctopus are confident the takeover of bulb's customers would be a smooth one. 0ctopus has a great track record of bringing large numbers of customers across, so for example when avro failed — it was the largest company to date — we were able to look after those customers, and staff, pretty seamlessly. and i think with bulb the experience we've got means we're probably the natural choice. in total, 1.5 million bulb customers will move across to 0ctopus. last november the government had to bail out the firm with a £1.7 billion loan. but earlier th

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the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb — which was one of the largestgas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat

the headlines at 5.00pm: the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb,ollapsed last year amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. it will be good octopus to take over bulb and relieve the taxpayer of the burden of running it at the moment. the head of the royal navy orders an investigation into allegations that female recruits have been sexually abused and harassed on submarines. president biden condemns an attack on the husband of senior democrat nancy pelosi, saying there's too much vitriol in us politics. the ministry of defence has accused the russian government of "peddling false claims" after moscow said uk forces helped with a drone attack on russian fleets near the crimean port of sevastopol.

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households could earn around £100 over the winter through a scheme to reduce peak—time energy use. 0ctopus energyd will announce the full details of the scheme later this month. the government has said all poultry in norfolk, suffolk and parts of essex must be kept indoors from wednesday in order to further prevent the spread of bird flu. 161 cases have been detected in the past year. and in sport england's women showed why they're the favourites to win the rugby union world cup with a 84—19 win over fiji on the opening day of the tournament in new zealand. fiji started well, but in the second half england put in 10 tries, to score a record 14 in total. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 5.20. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with annita mcveigh. time for sport now and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. good afternoon. england showed why they're the favourites to win the rugby union world cup. with an 84 points to 19 thrashing of fiji this morning — on the opening day of the tourname

the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, one of the companies whichand leave the tax—payer of the burden of running it for the moment. the head of the royal navy orders an investigation into allegations that female recruits have been sexually abused and harassed on submarines. president biden condemns an attack on the husband of senior democrat nancy pelosi, saying there's too much vitriol in us politics. the ministry of defence has accused the russian government of �*peddling false claims' after moscow said uk forces helped with a drone attack on russian fleets near the crimean port of sevastopol.