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 li.30pm here on the news channel, bbc wales investigates and today the team is asking, what s killing our rivers? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. i m samantha simmonds. the household energy supplier octopus 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 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 administr
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
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logos, it is going to remain on the very unsettled side. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up tonight. more woe for wales, as they crash out of the rugby world cup, after a masterclass from holders new zealand. still unbeaten england race into the quarter finals of the rugby league world cup, with a record win over greece. no haaland, no problem. manchester city top the table with victory over leicester. and georgia taylor brown defends her super league triathlon series title in style. hello and welcome to sportsday. england s women are bidding for a place in the semi finals of the rugby world cup later, as they take on australia in a crunch match in auckland. they re niow the only home nation left in the tournament, after wales followed in scotland s footsteps, going out at the group stage, after another heavy defeat by defending champions new zealand. jo currie was there. the other side of the world up against the defending champions in their back yard for a place in
hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. hardened on target again for manchester city, who cook top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his world title. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. as far as opening games to a world cup campaign go, they really don t come much better than england s. earlier today, they blew away fiji, scoring 1a tries in a record breaking victory in new zealand. they won 84 19, extending their record winning streak in test matches. jo currie reports. the year long covid delay means these players have had a long wait for this moment. england s red roses are expected to bloom at this world cup. fitting, then, that they get their campaign under way in eden. for emerging fiji, a first ever appearance at the to