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 bu
at 10pm we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, ourworld: svalbard s climate change fight. deep in the arctic circle, there s a place under threat like no other. this is svalbard, the fastest warming spot on earth. it s out of control. it s. it s really impacting our lives and the wildlife around us. it s scary. it s climate change on fast forward. we know that the clock is ticking, but i choose to stay hopeful, actually. yeah. i can t do anything else. we want to know what s being done to save svalbard as we know it. we are testing new technology, new systems. but even here, are they really ready to give up fossil fuels in the middle of an energy crisis in europe? they haven t found the perfect substitute yet, so coal - are still here to stay. and now the war in ukraine is undermining the international fight against climate change. one of the consequences is that the official exchange with russian institutions is not possible at this time. it s a dange
this is the last chance for the candidates jair bolsonaro and luiz inacio lula da silva, to reach millions of brazilians before sunday s election run off vote. to sweden now, where researchers are close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. for decades, car safety features have been designed and tested using dummies representing the size, for decades, car safety features have been designed and tested using dummies representing the size, relative weight and anatomy of an average man. shiona mccallum reports. crash test dummies are used to test how well car safety features protect people against injury. but not everyone is equally protected. women are three times more likely to suffer whiplash than men, if they re in a car that is hit from behind. although whiplash isn t usually fatal, it can cause serious impairment disabilities. sarah s car was hit from behind last month. it was a really big shock at the time, and my daughter was absolutely cry
and the wildlife around us. it s scary. it s climate change on fast forward. we know that the clock is ticking, but i choose to stay hopeful, actually. yeah. i can t do anything else. we want to know what s being done to save svalbard as we know it. we are testing new technology, new systems. but even here, are they really ready to give up fossil fuels in the middle of an energy crisis in europe? they haven t found the perfect substitute yet, so coal - are still here to stay. and now the war in ukraine is undermining the international fight against climate change. one of the consequences is that the official exchange with russian institutions is not possible at this time. it s a dangerous moment for all we meet, those trying to survive at the ground zero of climate change. we re on the top of the world. we have the whole world around us. my name is olaf store. i m an artist living in longyearbyen. i have been living here for 23 years. we ve come to meet olaf and his dog boss
dozens of people have received hospital treatment for suspected toxic poisoning in serbia after a train carrying ammonia derailed near the southeastern city of pirot. people have been warned not to leave their homes. a state of emergency has been declared after 20 carriages came off the tracks. police investigating the shooting of a 26 year old woman at a pub near liverpool last night have appealed for the public to come forward with any information relating to the incident. merseyside police said it did not believe the victim who was out with her sister and friends at the lighthouse inn in wallasee was targeted by the gunmun. four other people were also injured in the attack one is in a critical condition. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. late on christmas eve, the lighthouse pub was full of people counting down the minutes towards midnight. it was a lively scene, butjust before 12:00am the pub s neighbours heard a particularly loud noise. i