Hiccups can be a nuisance at the best of times - but what if you’re reading the news live-to-air?

If you’re Melbourne newsreader Kate Wilson, you steel yourself, take a deep breath and soldier on, hilariously.

Didn't choke ... 3AW newsreader Kate Wilson. Credit:Twitter

The 3AW journalist was hit with a bout of hiccups just moments before she was due to deliver the 3am news bulletin from the station's Collins Street studios this morning.

Realising she would not have time to dash to the kitchen and gulp a glass of water, and with no-one else in the office to take over, she resigned herself to the task at hand.