more than doubled since the taliban takeover. rescued after two days trapped underground an injured caver is brought to safety, he s said to be in good spirits. a lesbian couple who say nhs fertility treatment in england discriminates against them because they re gay launch a landmark legal case against theirlocal fertility service. ultimately it comes down to the fact there is an unfair financial burden being put on the lgbtq+ community, relating to the eligibility criteria placed on us as opposed to heterosexual couples. a new study finds it s notjust how long you sleep for but when you go hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk government is to compel front line nhs staff in england to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus. an official announcement is expected later today, and workers will have until spring to get double jabbed. unions argue it should not be forced. staff working in care homes were instructed earlier this year to beco
at the centre of a row over lobbying rules resigns after a major government u turn. cervical cancer has been virtually eradicated in young women because of the hpv vaccine programme, says a new study. more than a0 countries promise to phase out the use of coal but australia, india, china and america aren t among them. and the christmas ads are launched to try to boost business for retailers over the next few weeks. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. we ll have more on the crisis at yorkshire cricket with more sponsors ending their association with the county, over claims of institutional racism at the club. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a 67 year old man has admitted murdering two women wendy knell and caroline pierce in kent almost 35 years ago and then decades later sexually abusing at least 100 corpses in hospital mortuaries. for more than 30 years, david fuller was a maintenance worker at the kent and sussex hospital
job vacancies. and star trek s william shatner goes where no 90 year old has gone before and blasts off into space. one of the uk s biggest toy retailers says shops will have stock leading up to christmas but that supply chain issues could cause problems. the entertainerfounder, gary granty commenting on a build up of shipping containers at felixstowe the uk s biggest commercial port says it s due to a shortage of lorry drivers. he says the biggest difficulty wouldn t be a lack of toys, but getting products to the right places. megan patterson reports on the situation at felixstowe. packed up and now backed up. christmas stock stuck in thousands of containers at felixstowe. normally, containers would pass through here in two or three days, now it is taking more than a week. this is the uk s largest commercial port, a backlog here likely to have an impact in december. food i think will continue to move. pigs in blankets, turkeys. the import from europe and what we have
the eu and the uk positions seem far apart as negotiations begin again tonight, but both worn stability in northern ireland is at risk. protestors are dragged away by angry motorists in essex this morning as they continue to block roads. two, one. and star trek s william shatner at the age of 90 makes history as the oldest person to go into space for a io minute journey injeff bezos capsule. what you have given me is the most profound experience i can imagine. i m so filled with emotion about what just happened. i m just. it s extraordinary, extraordinary. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fifa condemn the racially aggravated incident in the stands at wembley, as calls grow for hungary to be banned from international football. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. don t panic buy. but do plan ahead for christmas. that s the message to shoppers from a global shipping boss who has warned that a shortage of hgv drivers is having a knock on effect on ports ar