and exposed racism at yorkshire, today s events reveal the long road still to travel. joe wilson, bbc news. the man who spent more than 50 hours underground after being badly injured while caving in the brecon beacons has been back to meet some of the volunteers who saved his life. george linnane fell last november and broke his leg, jaw and several ribs, leaving him in agony and wondering if he d ever get out. more than 300 volunteers from around the ukjoined the extraordinary rescue effort. our correspondent hywel griffith reports. little did i know it was going to turn into a 50, 60 hour epic, whatever it was, where, you know, i could have never come out of there again. this is where george linnane s life changed in an instant. 0gof nynnon ddu, britain s deepest cave system. somewhere he d been dozens of times before, but, last year, deep underground, the rock beneath him crumbled and he fell into the darkness.
i run just to clear my head, really. i think the last couple of years have been pretty challenging, at times, very, very stressful and running has been a good release valve for that. for this consultant, this is what he means by challenging and stressful. 0k, ready, steady, go. multiple life and death decisions, day after day during the covid pandemic. this guy might not survive the night. i think we might have to call the family. now things are calmer, but for how long? the waiting list of 12 months or more for a procedure has grown less than a dozen to 4500. all because of the pandemic. this man has a heart condition. pj, his case is a reminder that the nhs has so many other things to deal with, not just covid.
also tonight. a plane with us military equipment arrives in ukraine to help bolster defences as tension with russia continues to rise. the pandemic s toll on frontline staff and the nurse who s so burnt out she s moved to the other side of the world. and the man trapped undergound for over 50 hours when caving in the breacon becons, returns to thank his rescuers. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel roy to the rescue. hodgson replaces ranieri as watford appoint the former england boss in a bid to stave off relegation. good evening. downing st and whitehall find themselves the subject of police investigation tonight, after the met said it was now looking into the claims of multiple parties there during lockdown potentially breaking covid rules.