a man rescued from a cave in the breacon beacons after more than two days underground is said to be in good spirits, despite multiple injuries. around 300 people were involved in the operation to bring him out on a stretcher from what is one of the deepest cave systems in the uk. it took them more than 5a hours. hywel griffith reports. pulling together to help one of their own. the rescuers own pictures tell a story of teamwork in the most challenging conditions. today, as they cleared up, a chance to realise just what they d achieved. we look after each other, we re an extended family, effectively. we don t know each other, all of us. we are like a big family, but if one of us is in trouble, no matter where it is, we ll go and help. the man they rescued was an experienced caver in his 40s. when he fell, he broke bones in his leg and jaw. there was no way he could make his own way out. it s hard to fathom on the surface, but beneath us here are 37 miles worth of tunnels cris
but if one of us is in trouble, no matter where it is, we ll go and help. the man they rescued was an experienced caver in his 40s. when he fell, he broke bones in his leg and jaw. there was no way he could make his own way out. it s hard to fathom on the surface, but beneath us here are 37 miles worth of tunnels criss crossing between the caves. there are only three ways in and out and this tiny metal door is one of them, an entrance to hidden world. it was here at cwm dwr that the caver entered with his group on saturday. they d travelled around 500 metres when he fell from a ledge. his friends raised the alarm. the route back was too narrow and so the rescuers had to carry him 3km towards the top entrance. manoeuvring a stretcher meant it took ten times longer than usual, clocking up 5a hours the longest carry in uk caving history. if you can imagine lots of passages, some big, some small, chambers, but they re all kind of stacked on top of each other, overlapping each o
also tonight. labour calls on the prime minister to launch an investigation into the tory mp, sir geoffrey cox, who was paid almost £900,000 pounds for work outside of parliament, including a stint in the caribbean. police name a 10 year old boy who was killed by a dog at a friend s house yesterday. trying to reach the eu through poland thousands of migrants are trapped on the border in belarus. poland s prime minister accuses russia of being behind it. an mbe for england footballer marcus rashford he dedicates it to his mum. and coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel later in the hour, we will get the latest from abu dhabi ahead of england s t20 world cup semifinal against new zealand. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the health secretary sajid javid says all frontline nhs staff in england will have to be fully vaccinated against covid 19 by next spring, unless they re medically exempt. it s estimated thatjust over 100,000 nhs workers in england
tigray. it emerged one conservative mp earned almost £1 million for legal work including some spent in the caribbean. a nunber of updates on the situation on the poland belarus border. the european commission is accusing the belarussian president alexander lu kashenko of gangster style abuse . it says he is luring migrants to belarus with the false promise of easy entry into the eu. here s an eu spokesman. how the lukashenko regime conduct this operation, this very, very inhuman and unacceptable, and actually illegal operation, is that they reach out to potential clients, potential travellers, through seemingly official channels. belarussian consulates, belarussian embassies, travel agencies and other intermediaries which are issuing, for example, visas and telling them, ok can you can come. and transport will be organised for you to go to the border. the flash point is this border crossing between poland and belarus. around 2,000 migrants are there. and in the past 2a ho
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