the competition and markets authority said vet fees were rising faster than other goods and services . live now to george lusty, senior director for consumer protection at this competition regulator. what are your concerns about the market? we area we are a nation of pet lovers. around two thirds of those have an animal at home, and around two thirds of those have an animalat home, and many around two thirds of those have an animal at home, and many others became animal owners for the first time during the pandemic. we did at home ourselves. but we are worried that costs are going up, and it could be very hard to find out how much it is going to cost to treat your loved animal, both for something that happens in a crisis, and emergency treatment, orjust for the routine cost of looking after them, making sure they get their vaccines, and deworming treatments, and be seen by a vet. we are starting a review today, and we really want to hear from people about their experiences of using bets, and from pets themselves. find bets, and from pets themselves. and georre, bets, and from pets them

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competition and _ vets. do you have the power as the competition and markets _ vets. do you have the power as the competition and markets authoritye start of this review of the - at the start of this review of the sector and we really want to hear from people. we will look at the information carefully and decide what to do next. for us, one of the most important things is price transparency, to make sure people can understand costs. certainly from my own experience, when i have looked around how much it will cost me looking after my pets, it will be difficult to find out. people are displaying clear prices. we want to see competition, people offering different prices and services are making sure people have a really great deal on a really good experience when they see that. thank ou ve experience when they see that. thank you very much — experience when they see that. thank you very much for _ experience when they see that. thank you very much for your— experience when they see that. thank you very much for your time _ experience when they see that. thank you very much for your time this - you very much for your time this morning

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and higher inflation. the uk's competition watchdog has suggested it could clear a new deal that would allow microsoft to buy the games company, activision blizzard. the competition and markets authoritygive microsoft too much control of the online video game streaming sector. the regulator says the latest offer appears to address those concerns. you're live with bbc news. returning to ukraine... a fire caused in sevastopol. residents are bein: uraed caused in sevastopol. residents are being urged to _ caused in sevastopol. residents are being urged to avoid _ caused in sevastopol. residents are being urged to avoid the _ caused in sevastopol. residents are being urged to avoid the city - caused in sevastopol. residents are being urged to avoid the city centre| being urged to avoid the city centre and stay indoors. let's bring you the very latest from a correspondent who was in kyiv. it the very latest from a correspondent who was in kym— who was in kyiv. it seems like certainly if — who was in kyiv. it seems like certainly if we _ who was in kyiv. it seems like certainly if we go _ who was in kyiv. it seems like certainly if we go on - who was in kyiv. it seems like certainly if we g

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the competition and markets authority says vet fees were rising faster than other goods and services be getting value for money. network rail has admitted a series of health and safety failings connected to a train derailment in scotland, in which three people died. the rail operator says a number of errors contributed to the crash at stonehaven in bad weather in 2020. the rail operator also admitted it hadn't warned the driver that part of the track near stonehaven was unsafe. the company will be sentenced tomorrow. you're live with bbc news. police in the uk are set to begin investigating dozens of baby deaths and injuries at a hospital trust. the maternity units at nottingham university hospitals nhs trust are already being examined in a review by the senior midwife donna 0ckenden. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details — a warning his report contains some distressing images. oh, my goodness... for most people this would be a moment of idyllic family life, but for the hawkins there will always be a missing piece. lottie should have an older sister, but h

the competition and markets authority said vet fees were rising faster than other goods and servicescharity blue cross. all welcome here to the programme. in terms of your take on this is it in line with that headline that people are sometimes playing eye watering prices? i people are sometimes playing eye watering prices?— watering prices? i think the situation — watering prices? i think the situation is _ watering prices? i think the situation is a _ watering prices? i think the situation is a bit _ watering prices? i think the situation is a bit more i watering prices? i think the i situation is a bit more complex watering prices? i think the - situation is a bit more complex than that. we have seen rising costs like everywhere else. in the veterinary sector we have seen workforce places and a shortage of vets in the uk just putting pressure on practices. i do think that even though i welcome this investigation and we will contribute to it because there is a need for it i do not want this investigation to start to... in fact you see any consultation room is not the person who sets

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the competition and markets authority is worried that owners are not getting value for money and that then hearfrom david, a former prisoner and no prison reform campaigner. i want to tell everyone what people are saying stop a big thank you to douglas, a former prison officer. we heard the truth in his voice, can't believe what douglas has gone through and thank you for bringing this to the four. stand tall. an interesting text, i am a criminal defence solicitor based in london and i have to frequently visit client in prison and the present position is appalling across the country. a huge issue with short staffing and prisoners are extremely vulnerable and mistakes made daily. the issue is notjust escapes but the number of prisoners released by mistake. believe it or not, last year we had a client reminded awaiting trial accused of a serious violent robbery released by mistake. he eventually returned voluntarily but this was a serious breach by the present and nothing further was heard about it. i am sure a deep look into these mistakes will give us a further concern about potential

the uk competition and markets authority saying the door is open to clear microsoft to take over of activisionubisoft rising on of back of this after the proposal to sell the gaming company cloud streaming rights to ubisoft. ubi soft taking in 3% higher. sarah cardell says it criticized microsoft and activision for not submitting the changes during the initial investigation. tom smith is also the former legal director at the cma and he is joining us now. tom, thank you for joining us. does this language for an entity you used to work suggest that the deal is more imminent and could be announced within days or weeks or do we stick to the timeline of october 18th of being the extended deadline for this? >> that's right. it will take most of the time between now and the 18th because they have to run a presentation process over the latest announcement and you may think there may be plenty of presentation processes already. >> they do still say they identified limited residual concerns. what could those be in the deal like this? >> microsoft offered the restructured deal giving ubisoft the cloud ga

cma competition and markets authority. gulator haad-on and tell us what chances -- hat on and tell us what chances u.s. regulators have of a successful action against google or alphabets. william: they have a fighting chance to demonstrate there was an infringement of the law. because of this core concept that is favorable to them. obtaining relief that goes beyond prohibiting the specific conduct might be difficult, that is proven to be a tough challenge in the united states. the other thing that will be difficult to cope with in the case itself is google's response. in talking about the placement of the search engine on these devices, i suspect google will ask the court, what would you have expected us to do otherwise? should we have stood by and not even bid in the auctions that determine who would be on the devices? should we have simply allowed our rivals to go ahead and obtain the precious real estate? what would you have had us do otherwise? by application, what should large firms do otherwise. i think that will be a

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competition to keep the sky and novel regulatory authority for the merger of jetblue. the most expensive airport domestically and average for $22. the same by carriers. my constituents and free market competition, more flights and more options and better services. i am concerned by the departments actions and results of the 80% of the u.s. carriers. do you believe maintaining the result of opposition for the spirit merger? >> if we want competition then we have fidelity to do our watchdog role. merger means there will be fewer competitors. i could not concur -- >> you are saying we have four major carriers and 80% of the traffic and adding another stop competition? >> by definition a merger doesn't add -- >> a merger is a competition. >> make sure there is more competition and not less. it will only prevent if they would harm competition. >> in other words, for major airlines from something 80% of traffic, on the competition would do what? not be competition? i am trying to -- another carrier. >> taking to airlines and turning them into one. >> okay. as you opposes competitor, what is the department doing to remove barriers to enable smaller carriers to effectively compete? >> you

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competition watchdog blocked its plan to buy the call of duty maker activision blizzard. now the competition markets authority here in the uk has decided that microsoft's revised offer "opens the door" to the deal andring technology and online culture. nice to see you, taylor. did the markets authority, develop better concession here or have they given end? , ~ , , end? yes, i think this is definitely. _ end? yes, i think this is definitely, i— end? yes, i think this is definitely, ithink- end? yes, i think this is definitely, i think they l end? yes, i think this is - definitely, i think they have given in a little bit, they did get a slight concession in the so that i think they were worried about anti—trust is, the level of competition in the cloud gaming, which they were able to resolve. microsoft, the games will be exclusively available through the cloud gaming system so i think that was a slight concession but ultimately they were able to come through and facilitate, this is one of the biggest tech deals in history. it of the biggest tech deals in histo . , . history. it is a multi-, multibillion-dollar - history. it is a multi-, - multibillion-dollar industry history. it is a multi-, _ multi

and financial markets would be in turmoil. but under the guidance of chinese authorities, the company will not be allowed to file for bankruptcy. this is because they believe that bankruptcy would spread more competition, and people's dissatisfaction could be directed at the communist party. the party's keeping these failed companies alive as long as possible. the collapse of the real estate bubble under the one-party dictatorship is unprecedented in the world. it's not yet clear whether it can be controlled properly. one thing that is clear we now have to think about how we get along with china growing at a slower pace and at odds with foreign countries. >>> the russian government says north korean leader kim jong-un has visited an aircraft factory in russia's far eastern region. according to its official website kim visited the manufacturers of russia's fighter jets along with the country's deputy prime minister, denise venturov. russia's state run house agency says kim has left the city. he'll reportedly head to inspec russian fleet. russian media reported that defense minister sergei shoigu would accompany him. shoigu suggested this month that moscow was discussing three-way joint military exercis

about this is that we have been we've got a body that we've actually got the competitions and authority agreeing we and marketuthority agreeing we should in place. my thing, should put in place. my thing, i've recommend pump i've recommend it called pump watch. a consumer price regulatory body. and the regulatory body. and at the moment pump prices. mean the moment pump prices. i mean the fuel supply chain are making huge amounts of profits and they're growing at the moment. why are we not got pump watch in place? jeremy hunt promised he would so what's going would do this. so what's going on? i'm writing to the energy on? so i'm writing to the energy secretary, the miss coutinho, to say what's going on and what why ? >> why 7 >> why haven't ? >> why haven't they 7 >> why haven't they intervened, in your view ? in your view? >> well, my view is because they're scared of the oil companies and scared of the fuel supply chain because what they don't seem to understand, 37 million drivers vote . and this million drivers vote. and this is an important vote. winner pump watch is an important opportunity for next ye

and they say the financial conduct authority, the financial conduct authority, the fca, should stay purely focussed on protecting consumers by promoting competition and ensuring market're constantly worried about sexism in the city of london and women and brexiteer nigel farage, our own guy , he was farage, our own guy, he was debunked by coots, but the fca said we didn't see any any problem there when it was right in front of them. so mr >> i know it's in the same article. it just seemed like article. itjust seemed like it's a separate thing. i honestly don't know which way to fall down on this because half of the argument is actually if you sort sexism, you have some sort of sexism, trouble level, trouble on the board level, it's bad for your profit. so they are following but we already following profit, but we already have it. help have laws against it. help me out and teach some wisdom. out and teach me some wisdom. well, concern it's always out and teach me some wisdom. well, cwhen1 it's always out and teach me some wisdom. well, (when large s always out and teach me some wisdom. well, (when large companies dangerous when large companies or institutions take wh

economy scale the loyalty program and means that it doesn't function a lot of the competitive markets too, that's what we think it's so important to exercise our authorityunder the law to make sure there's more competition do not less. >> what you doing for the smaller how can they compete with the policies that you're now looking at how can we allow them to compete with the four that are controlling. >> part of what were doing is steps like this the police the trend toward consolidation so we don't end up. by the end we could be done to coke and pepsi if all of the airlines merge you could end up with two it's hard to picture that beat a positive outcome for competition. again our actions are to be guided by the law and the legal authorities. were not receiving any novel legal tory authority to the best of her judgment were implemented laws. >> let me wrap up if the jetblue in spirit mergers approve as strong department expeditiously and consistently with long-standing antitrust president and approved at the airline certificate transfer allowing the free market, allow the free market to decide and provide the lowest cost possible we have another nation

authorize settlement of the lawsuit against allergen finance llc for approximately $12.9 million. these lawsuits pertain to allegations pertaining to a public nuisance and violation under the unfair competition law by falsely marketing opioids. >> supervisor preston. >> thank you president peskin and very-just want to braefly addressed these. we had these in gao and i wanted to take a moment to thank our city attorney david chui and his team for their work to secure these crucial settlements on behalf of our city. just last week the entire nation observed overdose awareness day and i was proud to participate in a rally on the steps of city hall in observance of overdose awareness day and while this certainly isn't a crisis that exists only in san francisco, i think we all know that one does not have to travel far from this building to see some of its devastating effects. securing these funds for our city will help insure we have the resources to address the issue in the short and long-term and i would just urge the administration and department of public health to make sure there is transparency in the use of these funds and to insure that the funds are spent on things that help us save lives, including overdose pre

authorize settlement of the lawsuit against allergen finance llc for approximately $12.9 million. these lawsuits pertain to allegations pertaining to a public nuisance and violation under the unfair competition law by falsely marketing opioids. >> supervisor preston. >> thank you president peskin and very-just want to braefly addressed these. we had these in gao and i wanted to take a moment to thank our city attorney david chui and his team for their work to secure these crucial settlements on behalf of our city. just last week the entire nation observed overdose awareness day and i was proud to participate in a rally on the steps of city hall in observance of overdose awareness day and while this certainly isn't a crisis that exists only in san francisco, i think we all know that one does not have to travel far from this building to see some of its devastating effects. securing these funds for our city will help insure we have the resources to address the issue in the short and long-term and i would just urge the administration and department of public health to make sure there is transparency in the use of these funds and to insure that the funds are spent on things that help us save lives, including overdose pre