school tomorrow, the prime minister says, but warns restrictions may have to be tightened in order to suppress the virus. it may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. i don't... i am fully, fully reconciled with that. it's no good the prime minister hinting at further restrictions will come into place in a week, 203. that delay has been the source of so many problems. so i say, bring in those restrictions now, national restrictions, within the next 24 hours. opposition politicians in india question the approval of a locally made coronavirus vaccine, saying it's premature and could be dangerous. civil war in america's republican party as some senators challenge the results of the us election.

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme tonight. a demolition at stamford bridge — as manchester city run riot against chelsea to put themselves back in the premier league title hunt. keeping the pressure up — leicester go a point behind the leaders, with victory at newcastle this afternoon. and a good day of leicester rugby too. the tigers coming back to edge a thriller against bath, in the premiership.

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. manchester city proved why they're still very much title contenders today after a 3—0 demolition of chelsea at stamford bridge. pep guardiola was missing five first team regulars due to coronavirus with others isolating. and they were up against a strong chelsea side, also chasing the chance to move into the top four. city did the damage in the first half. ilkay gundogan got their first, with a cool finish to get them on their way. that was closely followed by phil foden, the england man with a neat strike a couple of minutes later, to put city two up. and kevin de bruyne made it three before half—time, a breakaway led by raheem sterling, who's shot cannoned off the post, and falling nicely for the belgian. chelsea, who've lost 4 of their last 6 in the league couldn't trouble guardiola's side. man city go 5th and have a game

in hand on leaders liverpool and manchester united. well city and chelsea are among a very congested top half of the table. leicester are riding high in that group, they went 3rd earlier, after a 2—1victory at newcastle united. they're just a point off the league leaders, as it shapes up to be a competitive second half of the season. our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. fit natalie pirks reports. and fresh and ready to go. brendan fit and fresh and ready to go. brendan rodgers was convinced of the seven changes he made to his leicester side would get 2021 after a flying start. the smart money was injamie vardy to start the a flying start. the smart money was in jamie vardy to start the party. the magpies saved by the offside flag. lest it needed to find a way to unlock the stalemate and finally, the second half, came a moment real quality. sterling work by jamie vardy, laid it on a plate. steve

bruce has a poor home record against leicester and his problems were compounded by a pitch perfect pass to youri tielemans. newcastle needed a threat. step forward andy carroll. but it had been a decade in he last scored for newcastle. he couldn't, could he? his immediate impact led toa could he? his immediate impact led to a nervy final few minutes, but it was too little too late for newcastle. to one when so leicester back to third. so newcastle missing the chance to pull clear of sides towards the foot of the table. but for leicester — despite now being a point off the top, their manager feels they still have work to do. we wa nt we want to be up there for as long as we can and challenging, but we are honest with ourselves in terms of knowing where we are and we know the improvements we have to make and we are certainly not there yet. however, we, the standards that we are setting, is a good level. i've

a lwa ys are setting, is a good level. i've always said that potential in the group is high. it'sjust time and consistency working together. when you think today, you have to see through games like that, young squad, improve. i couldn't fault the spirit and the attitude. it's been a difficult week in terms of who we played in the disappointing thing is what we have to improve on, the final thing, the past to look after the ball better. we are probably at our best ten minutes and again just after half—time, we gave the ball away and all of a sudden, if you give the ball away cheaply at the other end of the pitch and scoring, sol couldn't ask any more of their attitude and application, just weren't quite good enough on the day. so this is how the top of the table looks going into the new year. leicester up to 3rd and manchester city just three points behind them in 5th. pressure perhaps mounting for frank lampard at chelsea now — another loss — sees

the blues drop to 8th. tomorrow liverpool take on southampton . bournemouth‘s chief executive neill blake has condemned the racial abuse suffered by junior stanislas, after yesterday's win at stoke in the championship. stanislas scored the only goal of the game, and was later targeted on twitter by an individual who sent racist slurs and insults about the player's family. blake said it was "disgusting and completely intolerable", and the club has vowed to do all they can to identify the perpetrator and take the strongest possible action against them. kieran trippier has had a 10 week ban for breaching betting rules suspended, pending an appeal by fifa. the england and atletico madrid right back was found to have committed four violations — which occured injuly 2019, which is when trippierjoined atletico madrid from spurs. he was given an immediate worldwide football ban and fined £70,000, but it's now been put on hold.

to rugby union now and there wasjust one match in the premiership today, after london irish against northampton saints was postponed. and it was a good one as leicester tigers came back from 1a points down, to beat bath at welford road... jim lumsden was watching.. the premiership has been hit hard by covid postponements. leicester's boxing day meeting with newcastle was one. bath were playing for the first time in three weeks after two of their games were called off. it took them just a few minutes to find their feet as leicester allowed... to cross the line. but ben spencer didn't need any help. he cruised through to register try number two. george ford kept leicester in the game providing... the last pass to freddie stuart and they trailed 1716 at the break. the tigers needed to carry the momentum into the second

half. they did just that. harry wells added his name to the scoresheet. their lead was eroded by penalties but refreshed with a try from cameron henderson. bath hit back with a late score, but it wasn't enough and they left welford road with a losing bonus point. england's cricketers have arrived in sri lanka for their two—test tour. a charter flight landed in the south of the island, where all members of the party and their belongings were sprayed with disinfectant, before everyone underwent a rapid covid—19 test. their next stop is a bio—secure bubble, where they'll prepare for the matches, the first test starts on the 14th. england abandoned a tour of sri lanka in march on the second day of a practice match, as the pandemic spread. and england's next opponents are currently touring south africa. sri lanka had a tough start on the opening day of their 2nd test injohannesburg as they were bowled out for just 157, anrich nortje taking six wickets for 56 runs. kusal perera top scored for the tourists with 60. south africa finished

the day on 148 for 1 with dean elgar not out on 92. they trail byjust 9 runs. england's limited overs players have been in big bash action — and james vince top scored for sydney sixers as they beat adelaide strikers by 7 wickets. set 151 to win, vince made 45 not out, as the sixers reached their target with 12 balls to spare. they're now top of the bbl standings. and jason roy and liam livingstone both scored in the 20s for perth scorchers, in their win over melbourne renegades. chasing 186 to win, the renegades were bowled out a massive 96 runs short. david warner is set to play the third test match for australia against india in sydney next week. the opening batsman missed the first two test matches after he suffered a groin injury in the 0ne—day series that preceded the test matches.

as australia look to improve their batting performances in the series. you look at where we are, it's one all. they came back, they might not have been with the captain leading but like any occasion, you find that spiriting yourself to get up when an important player like that leaves the environment and leaves quite a big hole. you saw what they are capable of and they're not going to get their foot off the throttle coming to sydney, so we know what we are going to be up against and we will be well prepared for that. rising american star ryan garcia recovered from an early knock—down to stop luke campbell in the seventh round of a gripping lightweight fight in dallas. campbell, the olympic champion from london 2012, landed a left hook in round two to floor garcia. but he recovered — and he was the first man to beat campbell by stoppage when the fight was halted in the 7th round. campbell told garcia afterwards that he punched harder than anyone he'd everfaced. so garcia moves towards a title

challenge, but at 33, campbell is running out of time. we're just an hour or so away from the final of the pdc world championship, with gary "the flying scotsman" anderson, taking on gerwyn "the iceman " price at alexandra palace. price is the first welshman to reach the pdc final, thanks to a 6—4 victory over stephen bunting . and he'll become world number one if he beats the two—time champion anderson and lifts the sid waddell trophy later. that's all from sportsday. you can get all the sport online.

this week, we're in kazakhstan... the view from the top! ..a vast country in the middle of central asia full of stunning landscapes and nomadic traditions. you can feel the fish tugging on the net. nature and the great outdoors have always been central to the kazakh people's way of life... ..and i'm here to explore how they are now combining both ancient and modern ways to stay in touch with their wild side. woo! this is a lot of fun!

i've arrived in kazakhstan‘s biggest city of almaty. once, back when the country was still part of the ussr, and long before that, it was the capital city. now things have changed here. back in 1991, it was the last soviet republic to declare independence, ten days before the collapse of the union. since then, it has been under the rule of president nazarbayev, who moved the capital north to the purpose—built city of astana. one thing is clear, however — this country has undergone a tumultuous period. but through it all, nature has continued to play a vital role for the once nomadic people here, and for travellers who visit. you start to get a sense of that at the green bazaar. there's been a market here since before soviet times.

this is fermented horse milk, which has been around since the nomadic times, and they say it is a cure for tuberculosis. it's a strong taste. the aftertaste is almost like you're smoking a cigar. i don't know why, but that's exactly what it tastes like. very sharp, though. very intense taste. ah! it's the world's ninth largest country, but kazakhstan is also one of the most sparsely populated. its people were traditionally nomadic, with their lives tied to their environment. today, travellers come to explore its relatively untouched landscapes. i want to find out more of the kazakhstani people's relationship with nature today, so i'm heading east to the aral sea, the world's fourth—largest lake —

or at least that's what it was. welcome to the dusty streets of zhalanash. if you can believe it, this used to be a bustling fishing village. but if you come over here and you look down at the ground, you can see what used to be the bottom of the aral sea. there's not much fishing going on now. it's been called one of the world's biggest environmental disasters. the sea which stretches the border between kazakhstan and uzbekistan was once about the size of ireland. back in the 1960s, the immense stretch of water began to dry up. around 90% of it was wiped off the map and with it, the livelihoods