parole board system. powers are in the hands of the parole board. and there are very limited circumstances in which that can be overturned. american researchers say they have taken a step towards a universal blood test for cancer. a team atjohns hopkins university has tested a method that detects eight common forms of the disease, in a single procedure. the parent accused of holding their 13 children captive in california plead not guilty to torture, abuse and false imprisonment. the white house has accused us democrats of trying to force a government shutdown as the deadline approaches for the senate to pass a funding bill. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll be finding out more about the blood test that identifies eight common forms of cancer. and as president trump approaches his 1st year in office, we'll find out how the people

of pittsburgh think he's done and mark kermodejoins jane hill to review this week's top movie releases in the film review. that's all ahead on bbc news. now it's 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 city's 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, tom heaton is with us tonight. tom great to have you with us. he suffered a nasty dislocated shoulder playing for burnley in september. when is it you are likely to return to action? i'm hoping 6-8 weeks. it's been quite a journey so far, fourand a weeks. it's been quite a journey so far, four and a half months in. from an innocuous landing, i was naive to the damage but it was quite severe. thankfully i'm on my way back now on the grass. it's not ideal timing

because you are playing well in the league. so you are getting the call—up to the england squad and with the world cup around the corner how is it going to affect your chances of getting the call up to play in russia 7 chances of getting the call up to play in russia? frustrating to get any injury really. i think at the time it was disappointing. it's been the motivation in the gym and the dark winter days, trying to put it back together. i've got that character. the world cup. i'm still ambitious and hungry to try and get there, so that is the journey i'm on at the moment. as we know, burnley play manchester united tomorrow. impressive 2—2 draw when they faced united on boxing day. nick pope has come in to replace you and played well. burnley having a great season. he did well that day, i thought the lads he did well that day, i thought the [ads were outstanding at that game, 2-0 [ads were outstanding at that game, 2—0 up at half—time with a good performance is difficult at old trafford. unlucky not to hold out for what would have been a fantastic

three points. a draw is still a decent return at old trafford, so we are delighted with that day. we look for more of the same tomorrow. fancy your chances? obviously we know the quality they've got, strength in depth, lots of top players. paul pogba at the moment is looking very good of course. we'll go into it with a game plan, know where we want to go, give them healthy respect. as ever, will temperament what we want to do and hopefully come out with three points. manchester united look likely to strengthen further with the acquisition of alexis sanchez. it is rumoured he could be coming in on wages of a week. as a player i wonder how that would affect team morale, especially if a player who hasn't helped the team get where they are, second in the table at the moment, but comes in and earns more than the rest of a lot of the other players, how will it affect morale? is it players, how will it affect morale? isita players, how will it affect morale? is it a good thing? it can be difficult, that's right, it adds

pressure to the individual. these wage barriers keep getting broken all the time. keep rising upwards. sometimes there might be player envy in the dressing room, certainly opens the doorfor other in the dressing room, certainly opens the door for other players to learn that amount at the club if they produce the goods. they feel warranted, if it is that, that's what they want to do, hopefully it'll be a good acquisition. such is the calibre of the player. he's been linked with top clubs in the premier league. this is whatjose mourinho had to say about that potential transfer. nothing new. clearly everybody knows that we are there. especially when arsenal manager speaks so clearly like i did, speaks so clearly like he did, there is no speaks so clearly like he did, there is no am; to " " speaks so clearly like he did, there is no 35,6; to hide or speaks so clearly like he did, there is no fl to hide or to is no point in trying to hide or to deny. not done at all. looks like that movie is getting closer.

manchester city, the league leaders, not burnley out of the fa cup this season. not burnley out of the fa cup this season. we saw liverpool upset that title challenge. upsetting that winning run they've been on. it'll be interesting to see how they play against newcastle because we've seen success against newcastle because we've seen success for liverpool, going out and attacking them. bristol city as well. how do you think newcastle will play against them tomorrow?” think liverpool supplied the blueprint of how to do it. they've been incredible this year. the way they've gone about it. they've been what seemed like unstoppable at times. certainly when they played you in the cup. played them a couple of times this year in the cup game, the most recent. we started well but couldn't see it through. that is the quality they've got, they can be difficult to stop. liverpool have done that. it'll be interesting to see if other teams can follow suit. despite the success liverpool had, not all the teams have that attacking quality to take the game

to manchester city. they've dominated the game in most of the games, man city, with the ball through the back, playing through the phases, the movement, the speed up the phases, the movement, the speed up front. it can be tough playing against them. god in their faces. attacked with a lot of pace, the three they have upfront, dynamite on the day. hopefully other teams can do that and it'll be interesting to see how they get on. after the season burnley are having, sean dyche central to that. the burnley manager. if you something of a joke? he's got bad side to him, he's very approachable as a manager. a great relationship with him as players. after all the stories this week about worms. let's hope that because we wa nt about worms. let's hope that because we want to hear from him. about worms. let's hope that because we want to hearfrom him. sean dyche had to deny he eats worms, listen to this. you get one of those nice big juicy worm is hanging down your mouth on the edge there as if you're

chewing it. and the worm then comes out. wash your mouth with water. a bit of banter which i was probably taking too far, he was probably screaming and turning away. for the record i definitely don't eat worms. atraining ground record i definitely don't eat worms. a training ground joke. he was talking about soren anderson who used to play for bristol city, used to do it for entertainment, does he do that day in, day out? not to that extent. i'm not surprised that sort of thing happens. he's got that in his locker. as a manager it's slightly different. clearly got a sense of humour on the training ground. best of luck to burnley tomorrow against manchester united andi tomorrow against manchester united and i hope you get back to playing. live commentary on the match, burnley against manchester united from 3pm on five live tomorrow. manchester city taking the newcastle

united at 5:30pm. a couple of other footballing lines... aaron lennon hasjoined from footballing lines... aaron lennon has joined from everton today for an undisclosed fee. burnley adding some attack minded players with lenin joining. deemed surplus to requirements at everton following the arrival of theo walcott. who faced the media today, and promised goals following his 20 million pound move from arsenal. he's in line to make his debut against west brom tomorrow. any player, if you're not playing, you're going to be upset, but you need to dig deep and push to get into that position. for whatever reason it didn't happen this year. that is why i've moved on. i've known since i was 16. bring a young player in... like i say, can't thank him enough for that. when i found i was coming here, i had to go there

at night to pick up my stuff in bin bags. it was quite... honestly so surreal. clearly enjoying himself already. way from football. the british number two kyle edmund matched his best run at a grand slam, after booking his place in the fourth round of the australian open. in the absence of andy murray, he's the only brit left in the men's singles. and with the world number 76 andreas seppi awaiting in the last 16, he'll be hoping his superb run in melbourne will contiue. joe wilson reports. it's a0 celsius and we're outside playing tennis. in melbourne, nowhere to hide for kyle edmund. one game at the start of the fourth set against nikoloz basilashvili of georgia lasted 20 minutes — just one game! under the most extreme pressure, in the most extreme conditions, kyle edmund peaked. one of the best rallies of the match. nothing much between the players in world rankings and nothing much between them on court. edmund was 2—1 sets down, but from this moment he took the fourth set 6—0.

he's got it. fifth set, 12th game, both men stretched beyond previous limits, so who wilts? who wins. he's done it. edmund conceded that if the tournament had said it was too hot to play he would gladly have stopped, so was it unsafe? edmund is the kind of guy who normally lets his tennis do the talking. it's a tough one. it's professional sport. it's meant to hurt. it's not meant to be easy, that's the whole point of it. but yeah, i guess yeah, i mean, if people do start to become ill then it might be a concern, but as far as i'm aware everyone is just getting through. and he is through. the australian open said they came close to implementing their extreme heat policy. edmund's endurance impressed many. who described it as the biggest win of kyle edmund's career? none other than andy murray, via twitter. well, there are 16 men left

in the australian open. kyle edmund is one of them. now, quick, while you can — find some shade. joe wilson, bbc news. it's proven to be one of the stars on the court. it's proven to be one of the stars on the court. familiarfaces in familiar faces in the crowd as nick kyrgios booked his spot in the last 16. that is will smith courtside this time. taking a comfortable and prime spot on the rod laver arena. will ferrell on the rod laver arena. will ferrell on hand earlier to interview roger federer. and with temperatures well over a0 degrees in the day out in melbourne, kyrigos benefited from playing in the night session. he was clearly pumped up out on court as he beat the former finalistjoe—wilfried tsonga, to set up a match with grigor dimitrov next, kyrigos the only australian in the men's draw.

he's nojoke my favourite he's no joke my favourite actor, he's nojoke my favourite actor, i get asked if one person was acting your life, i would always pick him. it was surreal seeing him tonight. i was talking to him in the third set, i was like, i've got to break the ice, but to say something. he was really nice, i met him after the match and he was really genuine. yeah, it was nice to meet him. great supporter of someone like that in the crowd. world number one and 2009 winner rafa nadal dropped only five games against damir zhumhur of bosnia on his way into the fourth round. but the french open champion jelena ostapenko is out — she lost in three sets to anett kontaveit. also coming up in the programme... find out why shaun murphy got more than he bargained thanks to an umwelcome visitor at the masters snooker. rory mcllroy proves the sting could be back in his tail as an eagle puts him in contention in abu dhabi and most do it on skis. we meet the guy taking on the toughest downhill course in the world. ona bike.

australia as we know has not been a happy hunting ground for england of late. but forget the ashes ever happened...england have gone 2—0 up in their one day series down under, following a four—wicket victory over in brisbane. johnny bairstow and alex hales both making half centuries as england reached their target of 271 with more than 5 overs to spare. adam wild was watching. after a troubled winter for english cricket, suddenly the scene seems a little more serene. even when faced with batting like this from australia's aaron finch, england's one—day side refused to panic. finch made 100 again but when he fell australia stumbled. taking advantage. taking wickets. chris woa kes, advantage. taking wickets. chris woakes, like advantage. taking wickets. chris woa kes, like his advantage. taking wickets. chris woakes, like his side, calm and creative. another woakes run out and the innings was over, 270, it never really looked enough. england would

have a new hero, jason roy making history in the first match of the series. here he lasted just four balls. plenty waiting behind him in the queue. first, jonny bairstow, then alex hales, both passing 50. even the class of quick wickets did little to throw them off their stride, it was only a passing concern. woakes for the second time ina day concern. woakes for the second time in a day providing the late innings flourish. england full of confidence and with good reason. adam wild, bbc news. on the cusp of wrapping up that series. let's get the latest from snooker‘s masters. where the former world number one judd trump is through to the semi finals after a 6—4 win over shaun murphy. jason mohammed is with steve davis and ken docherty at alexandra palace. another thrilling day here at alexandra palace. if we're being com pletely alexandra palace. if we're being completely honest, thrilling towards the end would you say? it's one of those games that were sluggish early

on but towards the end the adrenaline levels kicked in and the player that had shown the best form at the start of the match eventually converted it in good style with two central bricks from judd trump.” don't think it was too good a start. as steve said, it kicked in in the latter part of the match. nice to see him finish out with two good breaks when it was put up to him. he showed a lot of bottle. he's going to take some stopping. disappointing for shaun murphy when he came into the studio, he was talking about how his game was good and he could possibly have won. the form he showed in the first round he didn't continue. that's been the story this year. a difficult tournament to predict. it always is but i haven't got a clue from now who's going to win. didn't you predict a shaun murphy win? i thought he would win 6-4, i murphy win? i thought he would win 6—4, i got the score right but the wrong way. he's been playing really well, fair play to judd wrong way. he's been playing really well, fair play tojudd trump. proved me wrong. you called mark

allen's win against ronnie o'sullivan yesterday. wilson next fourjudd trump, and all—england semifinal. a tough match because wilson is on his way up and judd trump will put him in his place. we will see you then, goodbye for now. as we saw a little earlier shaun murphy had more to contend with than just the skills of his opponent. this was murphy midway through fourth frame when he was at the table, and was forced into evading a wasp. i'm not sure it's quite the season for wasps. certainly caused him a few difficulties. a new year and a new rory mcllroy, one free of injury he hopes. after three months away recovering

from a fractured rib the former world number one has returned to action at the abu dhabi championship. he starts the year outside the world's top ten for the first time in seven years. but he's in contention at the halfway stage in what could prove to be a defining season in his career. our golf correspondent ian carter has been watching. it had to be patient. in fact he needed the patience of a saint today because his play from tee to green was absolutely immaculate. almost as if he got the ball on a string as he was creating birdie chance after birdie chance. he just wasn't able to ta ke birdie chance. he just wasn't able to take them. he could have been seven 01’ to take them. he could have been seven or eight under par for his round. when he came to the last, a wonderful approach with along iron into the par five, wonderful approach with along iron into the parfive, then wonderful approach with along iron into the par five, then something like a 20 footer for an eagle and the ball dropped into the hole. i was standing in the recorders area as he came in. he turned around and just said, at last, one has dropped. it really transformed his day, turned his round into a 66. it moved him nine under par. at the halfway

stage within three shots of thomas pieters's lead, he's nicely poised. this on the return to action after three months out to really get his fitness and his enthusiasm for the game back. it certainly seems to be working at this early stage in the comeback. tommy fleetwood was the overnight leader after the opening round. his playing partner, alongside rory mcllroy and dustin johnson. anyone who followed the group would have got tremendous value for money today. tommy fleetwood had to battle hard, finishing birdie— birdie for a fleetwood had to battle hard, finishing birdie— birdie fora round of 68. he's ten under par within two of 68. he's ten under par within two of the lead. excellent performance for someone defending his title this week. he, fleetwood and mcllroy were eclipsed by the world number one, dustinjohnson. eclipsed by the world number one, dustin johnson. brilliant 64 today, so dustin johnson. brilliant 64 today, so eight under par on the round. eight under par for the championship. all of a sudden he's in the mix as well. a quick word on

paul casey as well, who produced another good round today. yes, he was out early, conditions very easy early on. the greens that little bit softer, no wind, absolutely perfect for low scoring. casey realised very early in his round that he needed to play aggressively. he could see thomas pieters was going very well at the top of the leaderboard. he hadn't played particularly well the day before. but today he really fired up the flags. this is return to the european tour. he says he wa nts to to the european tour. he says he wants to come back and be a winner as quickly as possible on the european tour and has given himself a wonderful opportunity. he's got it nine under par, a round of 65 today, brilliant performance. set up beautifully going into the weekend. now tyson fury. the former world heavyweight champion is a step closer to a comeback with news the british boxing board of control has reinstated his boxing licence. he hasn't fought since beating vladimir klitshko in november 2015. but had been targetting a return to action in april. our sports correspondent ade adedoyin is with me.

it had well—documented problems as we know. what chance is there of seeing tyson fury back in the ring? his development paves the way for him to return in the next couple of months. he was able to resume his career from december last year when he accepted a two year ban for a failed drug test. it depended on him getting his licence back. he met the boarding willett board of control. the reason for providing medical record is they suspended his licence in 2016 for the failed drug test and two on medical grounds because he relinquish two belts saying he had to address his mental health issues. they want to make sure he is physically and mentally fit to get backin physically and mentally fit to get back in the ring and if they are satisfied, realistically he could be backin satisfied, realistically he could be back in april or may. he would be a great addition to the heavyweight division. kell brook, a potential matchup with a mere car, a lot of

boxing fights would love to see it. —— with amir khan. boxing fights would love to see it. -- with amir khan. and khan has signed with eddie hearn who represents kell brook. to a certain extent both stars have waned because kell brook suffered back—to—back losses due to gennady golovkin and spence. amir khan was knocked out by alvarez in his last fight. still big draws. brooke returned against kravchenko in march. it would be fantastic. we all want it, the fans wa nt fantastic. we all want it, the fans want it, you know. i need it before i hang my gloves up, i'm hanging my gloves up pretty soon, i haven't got years left. probably putting it took three, four, five i've got left. that is the only fight out there what i really. .. that is the only fight out there what i really... tick the box, i can

walk away a very happy man. been involved in a massive fight, massive, massive, the biggest fight in world boxing. obviously i want it. might not be quite at their peak but it would be a massive fight. many thanks for that. in netball, england's quad series begins against new zealand tomorrow, hoping to repeat their famous victory over the silver ferns in the last edition of the series. captain ama agbeuze, joins me now. great to speak to you, what chances have you got in this crucial opener against new zealand?” have you got in this crucial opener against new zealand? i think we've got every chance. we did go on to lose to south africa but we solidified some of our team's strategies and we're quite confident going into the game. as we know, australia diamonds to come on the 22nd. that could be the pivotal match couldn't it because we know how strong australia are. get a map

in the last series we lost to australia by six goals. if we'd had a few more minutes we would have beaten them, so it will be a key game. then south africa to come. south africa in south africa, what kind of challenge will it be? first we travel to south africa on tuesday and play on sunday, it's a short turnaround, 10—hour flight. playing in south africa is intimidating for an opposition team because the crowd is really loud, chanting, singing, so they really get behind their team whilst playing. i suppose this serves as perfect preparation for the commonwealth games doesn't it? last time round you made it to the semifinals but you narrowly missed out on getting a medal. last time we had australia in our hall and lost by one, then we played easy lead in the semifinal and lost by one. we

we re the semifinal and lost by one. we were devastated. in a bronze medal game we lost to jamaica. we went with high hopes of winning a gold—medalfor the with high hopes of winning a gold—medal for the first time and came quite close then ended up not getting one at all, which was devastating. must have been, getting out by a single point in both matches. hopefully you can turn it around in this series to come. best of luck. we finished the evening... not long to go till the start of the winter olympics. we know downhill skiing is one of the big events, but how about taking on one of the fastest downhill skiing courses on a mountain bike. the hahnen—kamm, at kitzbull in austria, is regarded as one of the steepest, and most difficult in the world and max stockl did it on a bike. he holds the world speed record on a standard production mountain bike — both on gravel and on snow... the famous strife course has an 85% slope in places. the only modifications he had were 15 millimetre metal spikes on the tyres, and a mudguard. he clocked a maximum speed of 64

mph on his way down — making it safely to the bottom in just over three minutes. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. goodbye. another cold one on the way tonight. widespread frost. where we have snow cover and some of us have seen more snow today in parts of northern ireland, northern ireland, particularly into the west and south—west of scotland. a met office amber warning until 10pm for heavy snow showers. they will eventually ease in frequency and severity as we go through the night. les in the way of fresh snow accumulation, but

still i see where we have had wintry showers, as temperatures dip away. wet weather reaching towards the south—west of the uk going into the morning, some brain, perhaps sleet and wet snow. snow showers in scotla nd and wet snow. snow showers in scotland during saturday, a view toward coastal areas, into the far north. rain and sleet into the far south and north of ireland. it'll hang around across the midlands into southern england, due today. pulling away from cornwall and devon. underneath this zone of cloud, sleet and wet snow, particularly on hills. we don't expect it to cause problems but it will be a war, cold day. notice how this doesn't mean very much during the day. if you are in northern england, especially scotland, many of us try with sunny spells, brightening up in cornwall and devon and turning mild as temperatures reached double figures. it will be the exception. for most of us, struggling again, mid—low

single figures. it helps to see a little bit of sunshine. in scotland there will be some of that around. the system clears away on saturday night, frosty, icy, then another weather system coming. through the weekend. running into cold air, there will be further snow and ice, affecting parts of scotland and northern england on sunday. if you are travelling, pay close attention to the forecast as it develops. you can see wet weather moving in into the cold air through parts of northern england, scotland, some sleet and snow for a time. elsewhere it'll be rain. that is pushing into the cold air where for a time on sunday temperatures are still struggling. mild air coming in from the west with this weather system, further west and south—west you will notice temperatures coming up. that is the trend for all of us going into next week. getting rid of cold airfora time as into next week. getting rid of cold airfor a time as it turns much more mild for all of us. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 7pm: the justice secretary says the government won't be seeking a judicial review of a decision

to release the serial sex offenderjohn worboys. i know this will disappoint the victims in this case and members of this house. given the crimes for which he has been convicted, on a personal level, candidly, i share those concerns. a breakthrough in the early detection of cancer? us scientists develop a blood test that identifies eight common forms of the disease. the californian parents accused of holding their 13 children captive plead not guilty to torture, abuse and false imprisonment. the white house has accused us democrats of trying to force a government shutdown as the deadline approaches for the senate to pass a funding bill. as president trump approaches his first year in office, we'll find out how the people of pittsburgh think he's done.