hello this is bbc news with huw edwards. the headlines... ministers warn travellers and business people to expect bumpy moments in the months ahead — as they get to grips with the uk's new relationship with the european union. the daily number of coronavirus cases in the uk has passed 40,000 for the first time. there were 41,385 new cases — with 357 more deaths — as the new variant puts pressure on hospitals. care providers are warning that the government's new immigration rules will make it more difficult to find staff for the care sector.

a chinese journalist, zhang zhan, who reported on the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in the city of wuhan has been sentenced to four years injail. she was convicted of ‘provoking trouble‘ with her reports that criticised the authorities‘ initial response to the pandemic. tonight's premier league fixture between everton now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. a covid outbreak at manchester city. their premier league match at everton tonight is postponed after the club report more cases. leicester are second in the premier league as they're held to a 1—1 draw against crystal palace. australian wickets tumble as india take the advantage and look to level the series in their second

test in melbourne. welcome along to the programme. we'll start with the news that manchester city's match against everton at goodison park in the premier league has been postponed tonight because of an increase in positive covid tests at the ethiad. —— covid tests at the etihad. the city training ground will be closed for an "indeterminate period" our football reporter simon stone has the latest. manchester city had some routine tests done after they played against newcastle tests done after they played against n ewcastle o n tests done after they played against newcastle on boxing day. they had already announced on christmas day that kyle walker, gabriellejesus and two more staff members were

testing positive and where to enter a period of self isolation. —— gabrieljesus. the a period of self isolation. —— gabriel jesus. the result a period of self isolation. —— gabrieljesus. the result of those tests ca m e gabrieljesus. the result of those tests came back this morning and there were more positives within that, city are not saying who, but there was enough within them for manchester city to go to the premier league to request a postponement. to matters on the pitch and leicester have moved up to second in the premier league table, but they dropped points in their pursuit of leaders liverpool, following a 1—1 draw at crystal palace. jo currie reports. not a fortress of late, last time here crystal palace conceded seven to liverpool but hot on the pull‘s hillsborough leicester with a chance to move second in the table. giving away a penalty less than ideal for the hosts. a starter and a stall from iheanacho,

the hosts. a starter and a stall from ihea nacho, with the hosts. a starter and a stall from iheanacho, with guaita saving. then this warning shot sent from zaha. then andros townsend with her ina zaha. then andros townsend with her in a cross and zaha found the net at the near post, palace ahead. but lest or not i head. a chance for bands out of nothing, his side draws level. so it stayed i—i. bands out of nothing, his side draws level. so it stayed 1—1. a point enough. so not exactly the three points either side were looking for but after conceding 10 goals in their last two matches, roy hodgson was pretty happy that his palace side stopped the rot. liverpool knocked us back. aston villa are a very good team as well. they knocked us back a bit too. leicester today was a daunting task but we handled it very well it will

stand us in good stead going forward. elsewhere, chelsea currently in action against aston villa, just kicking off in the second half with chelsea leading 1-0. second half with chelsea leading i—0. 0livier is a room with the first goal there. messi said he has yet to decide whether he will stay at barcelona beyond the end of the current season. expires, having expressed his desire earlier this year to leave the club where he's been for two decades. the club's record goalscorer has told a spanish tv network that he'll leave any decision over his long term future until the end of the season. messi also says that he's like to play in the united states "and experience life and the league there" now to cricket and india have the advantage as they look to level the series over australia on the third day of their second

test in melbourne. australia lost three wickets for one run at one stage in the day. patrick gearey has more. cricket —like faction is —— fashion is an unpredictable business. of the outcome back, why not the series? 131 runs ahead at the end of their first innings and in the mood to ta ke first innings and in the mood to take revenge. firstjoe burns extinguished quickly. the triumphant bowler soon limped off injured but that brought others to the fore. in comes that brought others to the fore. in co m es steve that brought others to the fore. in comes steve smith. english bowlers in recent years, an impenetrable wall. impenetrable wall. that prompted the fall of four aussie wickets with just 28 runs. a tiny white line on a blue box enough evidence to convicted. australia's great their way to a small lead but india have time. the

end to this one is unlikely to be long. new zealand were left frustrated by faheem ashraf on day three of their first test against pakistan but remain firmly in control in mount maunganui. pakistan were struggling on 80 for 6 in theirfirst innings — but faheem scored 91 to help his side to 239 all out. that meant they avoided the follow on, but pakistan still trail the home side by 192 runs. south africa are totally dominating their first test against sri lanka but they weren't helped by this bizarre episode. their batsman temba bavuma walked off— giving himself out for 71— even though he'd totally missed the ball! faf du plessis was the star for south africa— he made it all the way to 199// he made it all the way to 199 before getting out agonisingly short of his double century. sri lanka are still 160 runs behind with 8 second innings wickets remaining.

sussex batsman phil salt top scored for adelaide strikers as they beat perth scorchers by 71 in their latest big bash league salt smashed 51 off only 31 balls, including some huge sixes, as adelaide set the scorchers 166 to win. it was a target which always looked beyond perth, with any hope of victory being ended when england batman liam livingstone was dismissed for 22. staying with cricket and the plaudits continue for the indian captain virat kohli, who has returned home from that tour of australia for the birth of his first child. he's also today been named as the icc‘s men's cricketer of the decade. kohli claimed the sir garfield sobers award for his performances across all formats of the game and has also won the 0di cricketer of the year award. australia's elysse perry has been named women's cricketer of the decade as well as picking up the 0di and t20 prizes.

six time champion roger federer will miss february's australian open for the first time in his career at the age of 39. federer is continuing his recovering from knee surgery and he's concentrating on wimbledon and the olympics. more from our tennis correspondent russell fuller. this runs the 26 australian open. training in the by, having double surgery training in the by, having double surgery earlier this year but even with a three week delay to the australian open pushed back to february because of covid—19, doesn't feel like you will quite be ready in time. i'm sure also to weeks of quarantine in australia where players have to stay in their rooms however they are 19 hours a day didn't appeal to federer, not being able to travel with his family and farfrom being able to travel with his family and far from ideal when you are trying to recover full fitness. instead, he will look to resume his career in late february over a year

after he last played in this year's australian open semifinal with the schedule still not being published as you might expect to see and play perhaps indoors at one of european events before heading back to dubai where he is an eight time champion. the pandemic has seen many sports and their governing bodies lose millions of pounds. in rugby union, england's rfu responded by cutting it's 7's programme to save money. that put the olympics dreams of all those on the squad in jeopardy, including several from yorkshire. but as tanya arnold has been finding out, they've been doing their level best to keep that dream alive. ready, let's go. iwasjust ready, let's go. i wasjust gutted. ididn't ready, let's go. i wasjust gutted. i didn't know what the next few months or years ahead were going to look like, andl months or years ahead were going to look like, and i think for me seeing such an amazing group of people who had been hard working and seeing it go to waste, it was sort of a worrying time. we decided as a squad who would try to self fund our

programmes so whether that be raising money through different pages or whether it be as doing different coaching sessions, just trying to get the money in some sort of way. the response from the public was amazing and they saw this group of players that all we wanted to do was achieve our dream. rugby sevens proved a big hit when it debuted as an olympic sport in rio, team gb winning silver in mends with women finishing fourth. much shorter matches and only seven players aside, it seemed as a good way to introduce new audiences to the game. just before christmas, england wales and scotland said they will fund a squad for tokyo but these two have joined cops to play the 15 a side game. you aren't being honest, i don't know what happened but i was lucky enough to be included into the england 15 women's training squad in the weeks leading up to the french games, so for me, it is very

uncertain what my path will be at the moment however i still have the dream to go to an 0lympics. since i've been a young kid, i've always wa nted i've been a young kid, i've always wanted to go to the olympics, even before i started drug, i've always had it in my head i want to go to the olympics, so for me, even with covid and the circumstances, that has not changed. they will find out soon of the dream is still alive. just before we go, aston villa have equalised against chelsea, so it is 1-1. equalised against chelsea, so it is 1—1. you can follow that is always on the bbc sport website for me, that's it. up next it is click.

there you are. come on in. welcome to click 2020. hope you're doing 0k. normally we would be getting together around the table, having a laugh, cheering, having a good time. it is the most stressful time in the world but just because it is the most stressful time in the world butjust because we can't be together doesn't mean we cannot all be together. hello, everyone. look at you all. loving the jumper. is that a christmas furby i see? welcome to clickmas 2020! i hope you're doing 0k. it's all a bit different this year, isn't it? normally we'd be getting together around the table, having a laugh, cheering,

having a good time. well, pretending to have a good time. filming a clickmas party is the most stressful thing in the world. butjust because we can't all be together doesn't mean we can't all be together! hello, everyone! hello! there you are! look at you all! it's the fam! chris, loving the jumper! candles are a go atjen's place. lj, that must be a musical rainbow, i'm guessing. 0mar, christmas furby, i see. and paul with his christmas duck, of course the well—known symbol of the festive season. oh, the duck is brilliant and spencer, your house looks so festive! you have totally outdone me with your decorations once again. thank you. not to mention the outfit — amazing. how is your clickmas going so far? costly on the electricity front, i have to say. but guys, i'm really missing you. i really just want to get in the same room with you again. i just wanna do that. oh, it's been a tough old year but we are so grateful that we have stayed on your screens and today, at least we can have a get—together — albeit 2020 style — for the last show of this year. yeah, that's right, and for this show, we've been able to go out and about filming just a little bit, and if santa had asked me what would i like to do for christmas,

if i could do anything at all,