Strike during their final days in afghanistan. Strictly s back but there s controversy as reports suggests that two of the show s professional dancers are refusing to get covid jabs. And coming up. We ll find out about the biggest exhibition of iranian arts and culture in the uk. That s at 2:30pm here on bbc news. Good afternoon. The government is holding urgent talks with the energy industry about a sharp increase in wholesale gas prices, which have risen to record levels. There are warnings that the increase will raise consumer energy costs and other prices it s already affecting food production and agriculture. The rising cost of wholesale gas prices is being driven by several factors including strong global demand. Our business correspondent katy austin has more. Gas is a key source of the energy that helps to heat our homes and power our industries. But reasons including high demand and lower solar and wind output have seen wholesale prices soar, almost doubling since the star
Improvements acrosses the west. This afternoon it s a fine one for most, and warm sunshine round but we will see increasing heavy showers developing, particularly across the midlands, these temperatures by the end of the afternoon, we could see the mid 20, it is humid too so the showers and thunderstorm also rumble on and move northwards, the weather fronts will start to reinvigorate and merge so it will turn wetter by the end of the night. Eastern areas staying dry and it will be another fairly mild one quay from northern scotland. Parliament two of the weekend, we have the weather fronts straddling the country, intense as well, particularly as we move through sunday afternoon, some the rain through central and eastern parts will turn out to be heavy and thundery. Maybe the chance of localised flooding. An improvement forecast out west. One or two showers are not as warm as this afternoon. See you later. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Worries over the soaring price of gas. Th
After killing ten innocent people, including children, in a drone strike during their final days in afghanistan. Strictly s back but there s controversy as reports suggests that two of the show s professional dancers are refusing to get covid jabs. And coming up in half an hour as part of the bbc s 100 women season, zeinab badawi speaks to supermodel naomi campbell, in an exclusive interview for hardtalk. Good afternoon. The government is holding urgent talks with the energy industry about a sharp increase in wholesale gas prices, which have risen to record levels. There are warnings that the increase will raise consumer energy costs and other prices it s already affecting food production and agriculture. The rising cost of wholesale gas prices is being driven by several factors including strong global demand. Our business correspondent katy austin has more. Gas is a key source of the energy that helps to heat our homes and power our industries. But reasons including high deman
On with all students is do take the opportunity to get vaccinated. We know that vaccinations are the best protection that individuals can take. It s the best protection for the university community as a whole. Many universities will still ask students to wear masks and will manage timetables to avoid overcrowding. Nhs teams hopeful that, coupled with increased vaccination, will not only maximise student enjoyment, but also reduce pressure on services as we go into the winter months. Megan patterson, bbc news. Now it s time for a look at the weather with stav. Hello there. We ve done pretty well with the sunshine today, plenty of areas were dry, fine, quite warm for central, southern, eastern england, but we ll continue to see the chance of heavy showers and thunderstorms through the midlands this evening and into the first part of the night. It s not been sunny everywhere, we have had this weak weather front bringing more cloud to southern scotland, northern england, wales and the so