{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_jriewf22zbafh7aw2eiq","title":"Major broadband provider with 1.6million customers on the brink of collapse as BT explores last-minute rescue deal","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/major-broadband-provider-with-1-6million-customers-on-the-brink-of-jriewf22zb","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_jriewf22zbafh7aw2eiq","seq":1309037,"kind":"article","title":"Major broadband provider with 1.6million customers on the brink of collapse as BT explores last-minute rescue deal","url":"https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/money/16889794/broadband-provider-collapse-bt-rescue-deal","summary":"A MAJOR broadband provider with 1.6million customers is on the brink of collapse as BT explores a last-minute rescue deal. TalkTalk is racing to find a buyer in just days as the debt-laden telecoms firm is on the brink of collapse. Rival BT is now exploring a potential bid for its consumer and wholesale businesses,...","published":"2026-10-02T09:26:38Z","seen":"2026-10-02T09:28:24Z","lang":"en","country":"GB","source":{"id":"kite-thescottishsun-co-uk-3ecbc0","name":"thescottishsun.co.uk","domain":"thescottishsun.co.uk","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q110863831","name":"The Scottish Sun","type":"newspaper","designations":["daily newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thescottishsun-co-uk-3ecbc0","authors":["Blathnaid Corless"],"entities":[{"id":"Q7108","name":"biotechnology","type":"org"}],"image":"https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F10%2F2wx62kn-file-photo-dated-22-899335970.jpg?quality%3D90%26","story":"st_jriewf22zbafh7aw2eiq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.8799999952316284,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6899999976158142,"political":0.07000000029802322}]}