WEAVE GOT WORK (The Sunday Mail)

MORE than 1200 village women in Iran have started weaving the world's biggest carpet worth $8.5million.

The 6000-square metre rug, which will weigh 48 tons, was commissioned for the Sheik Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi.

Jalalledin Bassam, of the government-owned Iran Carpet Company, said: "It will take at most 14 months for villagers who will work two shifts daily."