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
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
Serious consequence in terms of the pricing of Country Garden debt but notjust for the company butjust for the sector in general and could create another round of market turbulence. Which we have seen already. I would say that the key thing here is chinas real estate problem is in the crux of other problems currently facing. We have seen rivals defaulting. How significant if Country Garden was to default . Country carden garden was to default . Country garden involves garden was to default . Country garden involves at garden was to default . Country garden involves at least garden was to default . Country garden involves at least 3000 l garden involves at least 3000 existing Housing Projects and a lot of them are in inaudible whereas for Country Garden, they have a lot more. On a brighter note, i would say that perhaps Country Garden seems to be less complicated in terms of structure than ever grand so there is a key risk to worry about but maybe there are also things like the structur
Of alert and ordered all schools to be closed on sunday. The military has also announced new restrictions on civilian gatherings the move comes hours after Iranian Special forces seized a Container Ship linked to israel in the straits of hormuz. The white house has demanded the Immediate Release of the ship and its crew, accusing irans revolutionary guards of an act of piracy. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has the latest from jerusalem. An Iranian Special forces helicopter has been seen in footage that has been verified by the bbc, hovering over the deck of the ship. You can see one person on the deck, two people climbing down the rope, and Iranian State media have been very clear and vocal about attributing that to Iranian Revolutionary guard Naval Special forces. In response, israels Foreign Minister has accused iran of an act of piracy, and the Military Spokesman Daniel Hagar here in israel has said iran will bear the consequences for this escalation. What i think is