the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largestmpanies 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 octopus 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, octopus were confident that the takeover of bulb's customers would be smooth. octopus 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 and staff

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the uk household energy supplier octopus energy has finalised a deal to buy its collapsed rival bulb pounds of government support to stay afloat. bulb collapsed last year after rising gas and electricity prices. octopus says it will take on the firm's 1.5 million customers bringing an end to taxpayer losses and uncertainty. the deal is expected to be completed by next month. the global hair extension and wigs market is worth over $6 billion and is being driven by demand for the most affordable type of hair — synthetic. but that hair is made up of plastic fibres, which are not biodegradable. combating plastic waste is a key issue at next month's cop27 climate summit in egypt. so is there a way of making synthetic hair use more sustainable? the bbc�*s eunice gatonye reports. kampala, the bustling capital of uganda. the city council garbage collectors are hard at work. but it's notjust the everyday household waste like cardboard, tins and plastic bottles that they have to deal with. there's a huge amount of discarded synthetic hair, too. from this stop alone, they've emptied six bins of

the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, one of the companies which collapsed last year amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. hello and welcome to bbc world news. we begin with developing news from south korea. it's reported that 120 people have been killed in a stampede and crush in the capital, seoul. 100 have been injured. the incident happened as huge crowds gathered for halloween festivities in a busy bar district. up to 100,000 people are said to have been celebrating in the popular night spot. many of those out during the evening were young party—goers. it's feared the number of dead could rise. videos show medical teams giving cpr treatment to rows of people lying in the middle of crowded streets. earlier on the programme, my colleague david eades spoke to an eyewitness — a freelance journalist raphael rashid. let's hear what he said. it's a night out for a lot of people including myself. i was in the area. when i arrived towards 7pm it was very clear that there was just so many people here, probably the most i've ever seen in ita

the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, one of the companies which collapsed last year amid soaring wholesale 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. russia says it is suspending its participation in an internationally—brokered deal to allow grain exports from ukraine. the announcement was in response to what the russian army called a "massive" ukrainian drone attack on russian ships in occupied crimea. ukraine has called that a false pretext for blocking the grain corridor. earlier, the un secretary—general urged all parties to renew the deal on ukrainian grain exports, which was due to expire next month. before the deal was in place, blockages led to food supply issues globally. joining us from dnipro in central ukraine is our correspondent james waterhouse. james, what have the russians been saying? james, what have the russians been sa inc? ~ , james, what have the russians been sa in: ? ~ , ., ., james, what have the

the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, one of the companies which collapsed last year amid soaring wholesale 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. 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. there's major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walkout by scotrail workers. more than 2,000 rmt members are on strike. and at 3.30pm on the bbc news channel, talking business with aaron heslehurst. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricit

the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, one of the companies whichlapsed last year amid soaring wholesale 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. president biden condemns an attack on the husband of senior democrat, nancy pelosi, saying there's too much vitriol in us politics. there's major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walkout by scotrail workers. more than 2000 rmt members are on strike. now on bbc news: talking business with aaron heslehurst. a very warm welcome to a special edition of talking business weekly with me. let's go take a look at what is on the show. the airline industry is roaring back to life after covid and thinking about how to get us back on board so here we are at the airline passenger experience summit in long beach, california. this is where you can find everything from the next generation of in—flight tvs to the seats in the fit. it is where the airlines work out what

octopus energy has announced it will pay customers not to use power during times of high demand, afterwon't launch a campaign to reduce energy use, despite there having been discussions within government. our political correspondent alex forsyth is at westminster. what's going on within government? the pressure on energy supply and prices is well documented and in some european countries they are taking measures to try to reduce consumption. here, within the department for business they were looking at a possible campaign to try and advise people how to cut has been awarded an honorary international cap by the football assocation. jack leslie was the only black player in the english leagues when he made the squad. but he was then dropped — his family think this was because of racist attitudes. leslie's team at the time, plymouth argyle, today also unveiled a statue to him, with the help of his granddaughters. he spend 1a years at argyle scoring over 130 goals. his family say they're delighted his contribution has been recognised. it would be another 50 years before viv anderson became

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the household energy supplier octopus is to buy its competitor bulb — the largest energy company to collapseast year, amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. since then, the government has spent billions of pounds keeping bulb afloat. but now, octopus has agreed a deal to take on the company's 1.5 million customers. our business reporter, ramzan kamali, has the details. the energy market was in disarray this time last year, dozens of firms going bust as energy prices soared. the regulator, ofjam, increased regulator, of jam, increased what regulator, ofjam, increased what was then known as the energy price cap, the biggest victim bulb, putting on a special administration, kept going by huge government bailout. today octopus are confident the takeover of bulb's customers would be smooth. . , bulb's customers would be smooth. , ., bulb's customers would be smooth. , smooth. octopus has a good track record _ smooth. octopus has a good track record of _ smooth. octopus has a good track record of bringing - smooth. octopus has a good | track record of bringing large numbers of customer

the household energy supplier octopus is to buy its competitor, bulb, the largest energy company to collapse last year, amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. since then, the government has spent billions of pounds keeping bulb afloat but now, octopus has agreed a deal to take on the company's one and a half million customers. our business reporter, 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, ofgem, 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 octopus are confident the takeover of bulb's customers would be a smooth one. octopus has a great track record of bringing large numbers of customers across, for example, when avro fell, it was the largest company to date, we were able to look after those customers and staff pretty seamlessly. with bulb, the experience we've got means we are probably the natural choice. 1.5 million bulb customers will move across to

the household energy supplier octopus is to buy its competitor, bulb, the largest energy company to collapsety prices. since then, the government has spent billions of pounds keeping bulb afloat, but now, octopus has agreed a deal to take on the company's one and a half million customers. our business reporter, 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, ofgem, 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 octopus are confident the takeover of bulb's customers would be smooth. octopus has a great track record of bringing large numbers of customers across, for example, when avro fell, it was the largest company to date, we were able to look after those customers and staff pretty seamlessly. with bulb, the experience we've got means we are probably the natural choice. 1.5 million bulb customers will move across to octopus. last november the government had to bail out the

octopus energy has been given the green light to buy its rival, bulb, which has been propped up by thef public ownership has cost taxpayers an awful lot of money and we have been able to draw that to an end and provide certainty to everyone. we'rejoined now by emily seymour, energy editor at the consumer rights website, which? good morning to you. thank you for joining us. what does this mean for the energy sector and for customers and in particular bulb customers, is there anything they need to do? firstly, if you are a bulb customer, there is nothing you need to do at this point so both companies, octopus and bulb have made it really clear there is nothing that customers need to do, everything will be transferred across automatically, there is not a set date for that to happen but we believe it will be somewhere towards the end of november and everything will stay pretty much the same and if you are with bulb your accounts will stay as they are for now, you will stay as they are for now, you will still deal with bulb customer service staff because they are being capped in the busines

the method has already been tried by the energy company octopus, which alerted some smart meter customers suppliers. it is said that these payments may still be too large to force people to sign up for them. send now to meet president macron. you have already decided friend or foe. listen. i am working very closely with president macron and the french government and we are talking about how the uk france can work more closely to build more nuclear power plants and ensure the energy security of both countries with a future and it is very clear to both of us that the enemy is vladimir putin who, with his horrendous war in ukraine, threatened freedom and democracy in europe and raised the price of energy that we all now have to deal with.

the method has already been tried by the energy company octopus, which alerted some smart meter customers the day before the shutdown in exchange for a fee, but some suppliers. it is said that these payments may still be too large to force people to sign up for them. now to meet president macron. you have already decided whether it is he or the enemy. look, i'm working very closely with president macron and the french government, and we're talking about how the uk and france can cooperate more closely to build more nuclear power plants and ensure the energy security of both countries in the future and it is very clear to both of us that the enemy is vladimir putin who, with his horrific war in ukraine, threatened freedom and democracy in europe and raised the prices of energy commodities with which we all now have to deal with in france are demanding less whip politics and more camaraderie as the macron urges its citizens to work together to reduce energy consumption. all the country will be able to work together voluntarily lawless without decrees. even in the worst case, we can manage.

all these solutions can solve our energy crisis, but the causes them does not provide austell opportunity to overcome octopus, caleb, and then competes would have the rest of the world. i know got my, my city artistic said with funding and love order areas and the wants of pirates. i sec so small. so energy is the dead. and speaking of i know that you already solving those problems. i want to ask solid, gimme this one of your innovations. can you explain what this is? because you're trying to solve the problem of energy in this country. yes. our from in our driveway, hutcher is very excited. shes clapping for years. so i decided to use whist. mathias to build the 1st t v antenna just from scrubs. oh. and it's from scrubs and then i've been able to use this to install in over 2000 community to 1000 households. all of this can be scaled up and it can be replicated across different domains. and we are sort of in our own problem with our own solutions within mid in civilian. so all we need is the platform to, for us to really succeed in this ventures. and then be the next ela max of africa bidding next we'll get

the method has already been tried by the energy company octopus, which alerted some smart meter customers the day before the shutdown in exchange for a fee, but some suppliers. it is said that these payments may still be too large to force people to sign up for them. direct now to meeting with president macron. have you already decided friend or foe? listen. i am working very closely with president macron and the french government and we are talking about how the uk france can work more closely together to build more nuclear power plants and ensure the energy security of both countries with a future and it is very clear to both of us that the enemy is vladimir putin who, with his horrific war in ukraine, threatened freedom and democracy in europe and raised the prices of energy resources, with which we all now have to deal with. in france, less whip politics is demanded, more camaraderie, as the macron calls on its citizens to work together to reduce energy consumption, be able to work together voluntarily without laws without being specified, even in the worst case, we will be able to co

about 1.5 million bulb customers will be transferred to octopus as part of the deal. the energyore and more vocal, and lots of parents had started to contact me — that was back in 2010. from then till now, i've had over 2,500 families contact me. parents are telling me when they got their child's school file, the staff themselves are recording the reasons why the restraint is happening, and it's noncompliance. children not doing as they're told, not following the teacher's instructions, making poor choices — that's a huge one, it keeps coming up time and time again. how a child with a learning disability or a child with autism, a child who is non—speaking, how they can possibly make a poor choice? come on. if you or i, as a parent, smacked their child on the back of their hand or smacked them on the legs — not that i would do it and i'm not advocating that — we are held criminally responsible for that. it's illegal. because you're not allowed to use corporal punishment on a child. but that only applies within the family. i want statutory guidance. i want mandatory recording and