Now on bbc news, bbc persian s arts reporter, maryam erfan, introduces us to epic iran. Its the biggest exhibition of iranian Art And Culture in the uk in nearly a century. Hundreds of artefacts showcasing one of the worlds great civilisations, from 5,000 years ago to the present day. 0ne absolutely spectacular piece is a little gold chariot. And youll see it consists of a lot of tiny parts which have been soldered together. Its a technological masterpiece. Its hosted by Londons Victoria and Albert Museum the V A. Im maryam erfan, and i cover arts for bbc persia. The epic Iran Exhibit has been hugely popular, and ive come to share some of the highlights of this wonderful exhibition with you, and to introduce you to some of the experts behind the making of it. It was quite a task, with objects coming from Art Collections all over the world. I know there are some real treasures here from my homeland some of them have never been on public display before. And i feel privileged to see them
Unbeaten this season. A new documentary about the duke of edinburgh reveals his favourite celebrity chefs. Well get their reaction. We have goT Some rain in the Forecast Today, moving east through the course of the day. They could be localised flooding across parts of Eastern England in particular, but things will brighten up from the west later on. Ill bring you all the details throughout this mornings legrand. Its sunday the 19th of september. Our top story the impact of soaring wholesale Gas Prices will be discussed at a series of meetings between the Government And Industry leaders over the coming days. The increase in the cost of gas has led to warnings of a Knock On Effect on Food Supplies. The Business Secretary Kawsi kwarteng says he will meet with industry figures to plan a way forward. Our Business Correspondent Katy austin reports. The reasons wholesale Gas Prices have soared include high demand and lower wind and solar generation. The Business Secretary held urgent meetings
container ship blocking egypt s suez canal has said an effort will be made to free the vessel by saturday night, japan time. and coming up click meets the australian community torn apart by suicide, and learns how tech can offer support. that s in half an hour on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government is preparing to roll out booster vaccines from september to protect people from new variants of the coronavirus. the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, told the daily telegraph he expected there would be eight different vaccines available by the autumn, and they d be offered first to the over 70s as well as care and health workers and the extremely vulnerable. simonjones reports. on track, the government is confident of offering all adults the first of two doses of a covid vaccine by the end ofjuly, but now it s looking further ahead. the vaccines minister has told the telegraph that the most vulnerable could be given a third dose as early as september