Woman strong, mother son, sister strong, then country strong. Woman strong, mother strong, sister strong, then country strong. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. A new study has found that work is taking a heavy toll on parents, affecting their health and family lives. The research from the Charity Working Families found many parents were putting in more than their contracted hours because of intense work loads. It found almost two in five do not get home in time to say goodnight to their children. Is that your experience . We want to hear from you this morning. Do get in touch with your experiences use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Scientists in the us are close to a major cancer breakthrough, after trials for a new universal blood test detected eight common forms of the disease. Overall, the test found 70 of the cancers but researchers are cautiously optmistic, saying mo
Evening keeping the roads safe. Good night. Theme t0 thomas the tank engine. Hello and welcome to sports day. The headlines this evening, beating the heatin headlines this evening, beating the heat in melbourne as kyle edmund reaches the final 16. Englands cricketer do with the white or what they could not do with the red to go 20 they could not do with the red to go 2 0 up in the one day series. And peles managers say he is not in hospital, calling it a fake news. Plenty to get through tonight as well as the rugby and golf news. Britains number two kyle edmund defied the extreme heat in melbourne to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open, matching his best run ata Australian Open, matching his best run at a grand slam. Is the only briton left and will next play the world number 76, andreas seppi. It is a0 celsius and we are outside playing tennis. In melbourne, nowhere to hide for kyle edmund. One game at the start of the fourth set against his georgian opponent lasted 20 minut
Of pittsburgh think hes done and mark kermodejoins jane hill to review this weeks top movie releases in the film review. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now its time for sportsday withjohn watson. Hello and welcome to sportsday with mejohn watson. Coming up. Injuries, england and the premier league we discuss all with burnley goalkeeper tom heaton. Is with us in the studio tonight. Also ahead. Kyle edmund looks to break new boundaries as his run at the Australian Open continues. And a touch of magic from chris woakes puts england in control down under. Also coming up. The sting in the tail that had shaun murphy running for cover at the masters snooker. Liverpool inflicted manchester citys first league defeat of the season last weekend. The latter though will attempt to resume their seemingly relentless march to the title against newcastle tomorrow. While second placed Manchester United, heavily linked with the arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez this week, face burnley. And their goalkeeper, t
False imprisonment. Scientists in america say theyre a step closer to one of the holy grails of medicine a universal blood test for cancer. The new zealand Prime Minister says shes not the first woman to multi task after announcing that she is pregnant. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. England on top down under. 7 certainly yes, kyle edmund is into the last 16. There has been another win for englands cricketers. Thank you olly. Sarah has the weather, how is it looking . We have web triweather at the moment. Things will turn milder through the weekend, but an amber warning out for the met office for disruptive weather in scotland in particular, i will have all the details throughout the afternoon. Also coming up a bridge too far for borisjohnson perhaps number ten knocks down the foreign secretarys idea for a fixed link between the uk and france. Intry w et er at the moment. Things will turn milder through the weekend, but an amber warning out for the met office for disruptive
Prepared for some snow this morning, quite tricky and some of the roads. The snow will not last all day and turning much more mild tomorrow gcioss turning much more mild tomorrow across the country. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul, blackened and smoking good morning, first our main story. The authorities in afghanistan say a siege of a luxury hotel in kabul has come to an end, more than 12 hours after it was attacked by gunmen. An interior Ministry Spokesman said five civilians were killed at the Intercontinental Hotel, along with all three attackers. More than a hundred people have been rescued. Andrew plant reports. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul, blackened and smoking after an ii hour siege. The shooting started after nightfall, several gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons. Translation at first, i heard some gunfire and then, after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said that suicide attackers entered the hotel. Security forces were fighting the