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Here are the main points from the day:

• News broke of a man trapped in a Brecon Beacons cave system early this morning
• The rescue was the longest in which a man had to be stretchered from a cave system
• Hundreds of people came to the scene from around the country to help get the man from underground
• Efforts to move him were hampered by the terrain
• He emerged from the dark at 19:45 GMT, having been trapped since Saturday afternoon
• You can read more on the rescue operation here

This is the moment the man trapped in a cave for more than two days was whisked away to hospital.

Rescue teams are now concentrating on colleagues and equipment still in the cave.

"We've obviously still got considerable numbers of teams underground and equipment - they'll be coming off the hill shortly," said Gary Mitchell, South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team's surface controller.

The rescued caver became trapped underground after injuring himself on Saturday.

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After being lifted to the surface, the caver was clapped and cheered by rescuers before being helped into a cave rescue Land Rover ready to be transported down to a waiting ambulance.

Gary Evans, the emergency services liaison officer, said the man, in his 40s, was "doing remarkably well".

"He has been talking to medics along the way and they have been having a conversation."

The man trapped underground in a Brecon Beacons cave has been freed.

He become stuck in the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu network after injuring himself on Saturday.

It is expected he will now be taken to Swansea's Morriston Hospital by ambulance.

The caver, in his 40s, is said to have multiple injuries but they are not thought to be life threatening.

The man trapped in the cave system is expected to be freed imminently.

The BBC's Rhys Williams, on the scene, said it was expecting he would be rescued "within minutes".

Rescuers say efforts to save the caver have been made more difficult by the terrain and the manpower required.

“The major challenge is the actual distance and the type of terrain we’ve had to work in," said Gary Evans, emergency services liaison officer.

“Over these three days, it’s a very long way to move a casualty and some of the actual cave terrain in that distance has been really quite difficult.

“The real problem that gives us is the amount of manpower required to move someone."

He said that and the duration of the rescue had been "the main challenge".

Mr Evans added: “If you were doing it as a caving trip, you could expect to do two to three hours, and we know that what takes an hour to cave, takes 10 hours to carry, so that gives you an idea of the kind of calculations we do.

“The fact that we could mobilise so many teams into this incident and work extremely well together, we’re very proud of how well those teams have worked together."

A further 20 rescuers are to be deployed to rescue the trapped man from the cave.

There are now 70 underground helping him make his way to the surface.

Hazardous area medics are also currently on their way to the casualty, who is said to be doing "really well".

Gary Mitchell, South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team surface controller, said: "He's in as good spirits as can be expected.

"The important thing now is to get the casualty the care he needs, which is getting him to a hospital."

Once out, a cave rescue team ambulance will take him to a county ambulance which will drive him to hospital.

It is not known which hospital he will be taken to.

Mr Mitchell said: "He's a caver, and absolutely fit, no doubt about that, which has really helped him get through this ordeal."

Cave rescuers are now expecting to be able to free the trapped man before midnight.

Gary Mitchell, of South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue, said the injured man was now near the top of the cavern.

He said the end was “nearer than we thought a few hours ago”.

Mr Mitchell said the man, who we now know is aged in his 40s, was an experienced caver who was known in the area and caving community.

He said "nothing could have been done about” the accident which involved falls and rocks.

The man's family are being kept updated.

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu is one of the deepest caves in the British Isles, with its lowest passageways 274m or 901ft below the surface.

Due to the size and very technical nature of the cave complex, it is challenging even for experienced cavers.

Image source, Catherine Raine

Efforts to save a man injured in one of the UK’s deepest caves have been slowed down because rescuers have had to take the long way out.

After entering through the Cwm Dwr entrance of Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, the man became hurt in the Brecon Beacons cavern.

Underground controller Julian Carter said: “We could not take them out of the entrance because of various technical difficulties.”

BBC Wales journalist Mererid Jenkins, who is at the scene, said: "The last 12 hrs have been good, the caver is doing good, there is no exit time but progress is good.

"The caver has suffered multiple non-life threatening injuries and is stable and talking when required."

Peter Francis, a member of the South Wales and West Brecon Cave Rescue Team, said: "Because of the nature of the complexity of the cave, you can't just have one party doing it [moving the stretcher] all the time.

"People get tired and other people need to perhaps take equipment into certain areas to have it there ready when we need it. So it's a rolling programme all the time.

"Although we are a big rescue team, our numbers cannot cope with this sort of problem so we've had to call in other rescuers, other teams, from all over Britain."

As rescuers work for a third night, the mist descends in the Brecon Beacons.

Asked about the man's condition, Paul Taylor, the spokesman for South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team, said: "He's doing pretty good as far as I understand. He's been talking throughout so that's something."

He said rescuers were attempting to keep the man fed and warm as well as deal with basics, such as removing bodily fluids.

Peter Francis, 74, a representative of South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team, said: "We can now confirm that the man has multiple injuries but they are not life threatening.

"We're very optimistic now, it's a matter of time before we get him out.

"He's warm, he's stable. The doctor with him is monitoring him the whole time and we're not worried about him getting hypothermia."

Another team of cavers has just gone in to relieve the previous team.

Rescuers are planning on bringing the man out and then transporting him by car to hospital.

Foggy and wet conditions in the Brecon Beacons mean an air ambulance helicopter is unable to land.

Mr Francis added: "This is the longest rescue we've ever done but we're very pleased with the progress being made.

"The caver was very unlucky here. He's an experienced caver, a fit caver. And it was a matter of putting his foot in the wrong place.

"He wasn't in a dangerous part of the cave, it's just something moved from under him."

A business has closed for the day as its staff assist in the rescue.

BBC Wales reporter Matt Murray said: "One rescue team have just come back in from helping at the cave rescue, which is about 500m up and they were looking tired, wet but also optimistic as well - many had smiles on their faces.

"It's understood the casualty has been brought to the top of the cave by stretcher.

"Today's conditions have not helped - there is persistent drizzle and visibility is extremely poor today and things aren't going to get any easier as the night starts to draw in here."