The charity womb transplant uk has paid £25,000 to cover nhs costs. and all the staff involved gave their time for free. but they will need a big injection of funds if many more women are to benefit. fergus walsh, bbc news. fergus willjoin us later to explain more. but now more of the morning s news and some good news. eight people, including six children, have been rescued from a cable car that was left dangling over a ravine in pakistan. the group were on their way to school in the north west of the country when a cable snapped, trapping them hundreds of metres in the air. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies reports. crowd: allahu akbar!
It, being able to breastfeed and being able to have a newborn baby at least once. the charity womb transplant uk has paid £25,000 to cover nhs costs. and all the staff involved gave their time for free. but they will need a big injection of funds if many more women are to benefit. fergus walsh, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let s look at some other stories making news here in the uk. the uk s biggest mortgage lender the halifax says housing is now more affordable than a year ago. it said a typical home cost 6.7 times the average annual earnings of a full time worker down from 7.3 times last year. but a typical home is still less affordable than it was near the start of the pandemic. the government says it ll guarantee a finance deal for ukraine to buy nuclear fuel.
It, being able to breastfeed and being able to have a newborn baby at least once. the charity womb transplant uk has paid £25,000 to cover nhs costs. and all the staff involved gave their time for free. but they will need a big injection of funds if many more women are to benefit. fergus walsh, bbc news. fergus willjoin us later in the programme to explain more about that operation. and lydia, the lady in that piece, she will explain what it might possibly be for people like her. but what else do we need to know? victoria has more news. i have some good news to start the day. eight people, including six children, have been rescued from a cable car that was left dangling over a ravine in pakistan. the group were on their way to school in the north west of the country when a cable snapped,
It s nice to feel that it s finally happening. and the demand here could be significant. around one in 5,000 women is born without a functioning womb, but many more, like lydia, lose theirs due to cancer. she says a transplant would feel miraculous. since getting diagnosed with cancer and the hysterectomy, the infertility was such a huge part of that. and you grieve, you really do. hopefully, being on the waiting list for a transplant would mean everything. being able to carry my own child and have that experience of feeling it, being able to breastfeed and being able to have a newborn baby at least once. the charity womb transplant uk has paid £25,000 to cover nhs costs. and all the staff involved gave their time for free. but they will need a big injection of funds if many more women are to benefit. and fergus is with me now.
I m really excited, yeah. it s nice to feel that it s finally happening. and the demand here could be significant. around one in 5,000 women is born without a functioning womb, but many more, like lydia, lose theirs due to cancer. she says a transplant would feel miraculous. since getting diagnosed with cancer and the hysterectomy, the infertility was such a huge part of that. and you grieve, you really do. hopefully, being on the waiting list for a transplant would mean everything. being able to carry my own child and have that experience of feeling it, being able to breastfeed and being able to have a newborn baby at least once. the charity womb transplant uk has paid £25,000 to cover nhs costs. and all the staff involved gave their time for free. but they will need a big injection of funds if many more women are to benefit. this is bbc news.