if you have joined if you havejoined us, you are welcome and we are looking at the top business stories. we start here in the uk, where there is some relief for millions of people facing soaring housing costs. lenders have started the new year by slashing the cost of mortgages as financial markets bet the bank of england will soon begin to cut interest rates from their 15 year high. from today banking giant hsbc becomes the first major lender to bring back mortgages below 4% since last march. it comes as rival halifax slashed almost a percentage point off some of its mortgage rates this week. and it s raised hopes of a price war between banks. hsbc is offering a five year fixed rate mortgage at 3.94%. it s only available to people remortgaging their home not to first time buyers. but it s far below rates of almost 6.5% that borrowers were facing just a few months ago. and it will be a welcome development for many uk households as our cost of living correspondent kevin peach
our main story. a man who died after a car hit a group of people in sheffield was a good samaritan who was trying to help another person. police say christian marriott was out for a walk on wednesday afternoon with his wife and two young sons when he stopped to help an unconscious woman after a row between two groups. two men have been arrested on murder charges. simonjones reports. the police say what happened in this street on wednesday afternoon was utterly heartbreaking. christine marriott, described as a good samaritan, was out walking with his wife and two young sons when he saw a woman lying unconscious in the street. it s thought she had been involved in a row between a group of people. as mr marriott was giving her first aid, he was hit by a car and killed. the car also struck the woman. she is in a critical condition in hospital. six other people were injured, including an off duty midwife. when i came out, the car was there. i didn t know there were some people und
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1a years ago, the Us Government approved the merger with ticketmaster. Since then, live nation has grown into a powerhouse, but the government is sueing and calling it a monopoly to squash competition. In a press conference on thursday, the attorney general Marek Garland pointed to the exorbitant fees and technological failures that have angered concert goers and artists and cold the companys conduct anti competitive and illegal saying it is time to break it up. Metres of ubiquitous and the Live Entertainment industry. It controls at least 80 of Primary Ticketing and major concert venues, it directly manages more than 400 artists and controls more than 60 of Concert Promotions across the country. And it owns or controls more than 60 of large and theatres in the united states. We allege that to sustain this dominance, live nation relies on unlawful and the competitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control over the live Events Industry in the us and over defence, artists, independ
Good afternoon. The former post office boss Paula Vennells has been accused of living in la la land and being in a Cloud Of Denial about her role in the horizon it scandal. Shes giving evidence for a third and final day at the Public Inquiry on the day that a Bill Quashing the convictions of more than 800 Sub Postmasters is due to come in to force. Theo leggett has the latest from the inquiry. Paula vennells, did you put profits before people . Paula vennells, did you put profits before maple . Paula vennells, did you put profits before people . Before people . Arriving at the inuui before people . Arriving at the inquiry for before people . Arriving at the inquiry for the before people . Arriving at the inquiry for the third before people . Arriving at the inquiry for the third day before people . Arriving at the inquiry for the third day of before people . Arriving at the inquiry for the third day of her| inquiry for the third day of her testament, Paula Vennells looked grim faced. B