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
Thousands of people in florida including survivors of wednesdays Mass School Shooting take to the street to demand tighter tighter gun controls. If all our government and president can do is send thoughts and prayers, then it is time for victims to be the change that we need to see. After a Super Saturday for team gb at the Winter Olympics, well hear from all three medallists live on breakfast. Yes, it is the morning after the night if you are here in pyeongchang, red britain havejust missed out on another medal, james woods being edged into force in the ski slopestyle. More vu in 30 minutes. More for you in 30 minutes. And Sarah Keith Lucas has the weather. A mild and mainly cloudy day, the best of the sunshine towards the east, the rain in the west. If all forecast in around 15 minutes. Speak to you in a bit good morning. First, our main story. The husband of murdered mpjo cox has resigned from two charities he set up in her memory after allegations of Sexual Harassment were publishe
Usual in its uk stores, despite its pa rent usual in its uk stores, despite its Parent Company filing for bankruptcy in america. Englands women got their World Cup Qualifying Campaign off to the prefect start, with a 6 0 win over russia last night. The team celebrating their opening goal with under fire manager mark sampson. And when harry met the foo fighters. In an exclusive interview, the band tell breakfast how theirfriendship with the prince began with a bang. We were getting ready to walk on stage and i was tired and so jetlagged and he just goes stage and i was tired and so jetlagged and hejust goes bangs. He is on the military to and carol has the weather. For many its a dry start. Patchy mist and fog around, but we have rain coming in from the west across Northern Ireland and western scotland, accompanied by strong winds. More details on 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. A devastating earthquake has struck central mexico, killing more than a 140 people. At least
Produce as much sugar as we want in factories like these from sugar beet grown here in the uk. Ill be looking at what that means for prizes and the 10,000 odd people who work in the industry. In sport, ben stokes is expected to be named in the ashes squad this morning despite his arrest for suspected actual bodily harm after a night out in bristol. The new take that musical made its premiere last night. So who better to review it than the women who gave birth to the band 7 it was like travelling back about 20 yea rs it was like travelling back about 20 years now. I was thinking, i thought id put all that behind me, ive had therapy and a lot and its just back ain that was rob lees, and daschle robbies mum rob lees mum. A dull start with low cloud and patchy fog giving way to sunny spells rob lees mum. A change, windy conditions and rain slowly edging in but some of that will be heavy. More in15 but some of that will be heavy. More in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Read
Assault allegations. And a warning of heavy rain and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour as hurricane ophelia tears across the atlantic towards the uk. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A canadian man kidnapped with his pregnant wife in afghanistan has been giving distressing details of the five years they spent in captivity. Joshua boyle and his wife were released earlier this week after being held hostage by islamic militants linked to the taliban. Mr boyle told reporters his wife caitlin had been raped, that she had given birth to four children in captivity one of whom he said, a baby girl, had been murdered. John mcmanus reports. Afghanistan, parts of the country remain in the grip of islamist militants. It was here that Canadian Joshua Boyle and his wife caitlin coleman, travelled, he says, to carry out aid work. But instead, the couple were kidnapped by members of the haqqani network, linked to the taliban. Over five years their captors released a series of videos. One of them