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 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
insisting he is brain dead. barristers will take industrial action in england and wales in protest at pay and conditions. a report into grooming and child sexual exploitation between 201! at 2014 fights that sexual exploitation between 2011 at 2014 fights that there were serious failings from the handling of some cases by the council and police. good afternoon. the transport secretary grant shapps says the government is doing everything it can to minimise disruption after it s confirmed the biggest series of rail strikes in 30 years will go ahead with a significant disruption to services across england, scotland and wales. last minute talks between unions and rail bosses today have failed to make any breakthrough. the strike action is taking place tomorrow, tuesday 21stjune, and also on thursday 23rd and saturday 25th. distruption is also expected on non strike days, too, with a special timetable published published for the whole of this week. network rail is advising passe
by the charity birthrights. manchester city s premier league victory was marred by a pitch invasion, in which aston villa s goalkeeper was allegedly attacked. good morning. children s social care needs radical change to avoid tens of thousands more youngsters being taken away from theirfamilies that s the warning following a major review of council run children s services in england. the report said struggling families needed earlier support before they reached crisis point and calls for a windfall tax on the profits of the biggest privately run children s homes. here s our social affairs editor alison holt. ok, so let me know how it s been going since the panel. henrietta works with young people to help them pitch ideas and get their voices heard. and also it would be good to know, like, how you found working on the project as well. her own life was shaped by the crisis in the children s care system that today s report wants to change. after two difficult years, she was re
tens of thousands more youngsters will end up in care. it s crucial that when families hit crisis and they ve got difficulties, that there is low stigma, really intensive help on offer. major disruption for rail passengers in scotland with an emergency timetable from today that cuts services by a third. and the chelsea flower show celebrates the queen s 70 years on the throne. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the football association say they will be investigating after a pitch invasion at manchester city saw the aston villa goalkeeper robin olsen assaulted by supporters. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. at the first war crimes trial since the invasion of ukraine, a 21 year old russian soldier has been jailed for life. sergeant vadim shishimarin had claimed he was only following orders when he shot dead a 62 year old unarmed civilian. but the court, in the ukrainian capital kyiv, found him guilty of murder. ukraine s go