the leaders liverpool are at leicester where it's. first time in the premier league since 2011 as southampton moved three points clear of the relegation zone with a 2—0 win at stamford bridge. chelsea never got going — and it was the visitors who took the lead with this brilliant strike from michael obafemi just after the half hour mark. and then, with 20 minutes remaining, a superb team move saw the ball break for nathan redmond who wrapped up the win. it moves southampton up to 14th. and aston villa beat norwich city 1—nil to get their first win in six games. conor hourihane scored an hour into the game, just 8 minutes after coming on the pitch. norwich have now gone six games without a win, and are bottom of the table. elsewhere, jordan ayew scored a last minute winner as crystal palace beat west ham 2—1. sheffield united stay sixth, behind tottenham, after being held to a 1—1 draw by bottom place watford. in the 5.30pm kick—off manchester united have come from behind to beat newcastle 4—1, martial, greenwood and rashford with the

leicester's best were delivering the goods today.ving his worth and making it a comfortable second. jack grealish clawed one back before the half—time whistle but it was quickly forgotten when leicester city restored that cushion in the second half. jonny evans, 3—1. some want to convince vardy out of international retirement, and here is why. that's now 16 for him this season. he has scored in eight consecutive premier league games now, and the last person to do that was... well, jamie vardy! leicester city's sights are higher than the top four now. we knew this was going to be a tough game but our approach in the game was very good. intensity and concentration was great from the players. we scored very good goals. and that second half, we kept going right till the very end, to score... collectively as a team, we defended very well. disappointed that we conceded just before half—time, but the message in the second half was to keep doing what we had been doing. three days ago, brighton were celebrating an impressive victory at arsena

it was leicester who led for most of the game.ct together. exeter had gone one over the line in the opening minute, but the tigers responded with some great work finding may. it continued. that sent the faithful into a frenzy. may got his second try and leicester went into the break with an eight—point lead. but if your defence is fatigued, that is not enough. exeter scored their second and leicester‘s quality play became a distant memory. two exeter tries in three minutes and steenson converting for the decisive score. exeter‘s resilience left leicester damp and empty—handed. well in the day‘s other games, saracens continue to claw back points, from their early season points deduction, with victory over high flyers bristol. northampton‘s loss to sale, allowed exeter to leapfrog them at the top. and harlequins came from 17 points down, to beat wasps, who‘ve lost 5 out of 6 this season. there was late drama in the pro 1a as the dragons beat scarlets. this late drop kick from fly—half sam sam davies was the last kick of the game, an

leicester are very much on the up as though mount a surprise title challenge. manager problem of their own, though. their boss is in demand. arsenal reportedly want brendan rogers. he insists not going anywhere the state he is going nowhere. so if not rogers then perhaps nuno espirito santo. he is apparently on arsenal's radar as well. after they sacked unai emery. for now though, santo appears happy at wolves. and they host west ham on wednesday, who are far from happy. a weekend win at chelsea may have brought manuel pellegrini time but his west ham bubble mightjust be close to bursting. mauricio pochettino‘s bubble burst at tottenham almost two weeks ago and he's already been replaced. jose mourinho back for a third spell in english football. and looking for a third successive league win. to do that, he will need a victory in familiar territory, return to old trafford for the first time since being sacked by manchester united. last december. two months on, and his successor could now also be heading toward the exit but he is not concerned. sometimes you love

watford were into leicester —— will head to leicester.manager problem of their own. their bosses in demand. arsenal reportedly won brendan rodgers. he says he is not going nowhere. if no rogers, maybe nuno espirito santo. for now, though, santos appears happy involves. and a host west ham on wednesday, who are far from happy. on wednesday, who are far from happy- a on wednesday, who are far from happy. a weekend win at chelsea might have brought manuel pellegrini time but his bubble may be bursting. mauricio pochettino was sacked at totte n ha m mauricio pochettino was sacked at tottenham she weeks ago and he is already been replaced. jose mourinho backin already been replaced. jose mourinho back in london and looking for a third lead wing. a return to old trafford for the first time since being sacked by manchester united last december. his successor could be heading towards the exit but he is not concerned. sometimes you left. at least i know the sources that everyone is talking about, they're not sources. they are just made up, blatant

he said ahead of the skin that he wants goodison to be a bearpit for the visit of leicester.nk it will certainly need all the help he can get tonight, leicester are absolutely flying. they are second in the premier and come on back of a ten game unbeaten run. this game is now a lot trickier thanit run. this game is now a lot trickier than it would have been for leicester at the weeks ago. —— for everton. the other matches in the league cup could throw up some interesting results. manchester united host colchester united while their rivals manchester city travel to oxford united, so perhaps the potential for two giant killings! connor mcnamara is at old trafford for us. yes, the league cup has become an important competition. both of the predecessors in this manchester united job won some trophies and he does point out in the programme notes the likes of wayne rooney and cristiano rinaldo, it was this competition but i'm will never showcase. that is the case are all young players, any player really. they want to wind that first your eight sounding black, a base. the site of a

leicester city are back up to second.r win over everton... the loss continues to pile pressure on the everton boss marco silva. austin halewood was watching. there might be magic once again. all highs were on another. it seems like the undercover manager is running out of time. backing their manager when he needed them most, ability of a header put them in the lead. so far, so good. leicester have to play on the front row fit. a check on farming there wasn't any contact ruled out. everton continued to graft. the visitors stifling the usually free—flowing foxes but failing to extend their lead and whenjamie failing to extend their lead and when jamie va rdy‘s failing to extend their lead and whenjamie vardy‘s chance came, of course he made them pay. he had lea pt course he made them pay. he had leapt out of the shadows and into the thick of the action. just moments later he was inches away from another. almost. the seconds left to go, leicester were in a go. the winner was in with a flag up on the side. but the flag and th

elsewhere, leicester city host watford and that match has a similar theme.ile watford are struggling with their own managerial issues. they got rid of their second coach of the campaign on sunday afterjust one win all season. now it's up to temporary boss hayden mullins to try and stop the rot. well, one man who's steered watford from relegation, allbeit in the championship, is brendan rodgers. his firstjob as a manager was at viccarage road, he's back there tonight. his leicester side in the title race, with champions league football a real possibility next season and once again. it's largely thanks to you know who, jamie vardy, he's scored 13 goals already, more than anyone else in the premier league, but to put his form in context in 2019. he's right up there with the best in world football only lionel messi and robert lewandowski have scored more league goals than him this year. so jane it's no surprise that vardy‘s become the first person to be captained more than two million times in fantasy football this season. that is some claim to fame, isn't it? a

2—1 at leicester! commentator: it is to marry grey! 2-1 at leicester!playing second—tier football in the former olympic stadium unthinkable for the owners. they planned so much more when i hired manuel pellegrini, who won the premier league with man city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led to the hammers to attend in the table last season. but after a promising start the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think that the players want to do it, but iadmits to that the players want to do it, but i admits to pressure and the lack of confidence and the lack of results is difficult. it is the time of year for taking stock of where you are and where you are going. as well as soul—searching, west ham will be looking for a new guide. elsewhere in the premier league manchester united moved up to fifth in the table with a 2—0 win at burnley. charlie taylor was at fault for united's ope

harlequns drew with leicester.defeat at glasgow to win the reverse fixture 29—19. in the all irish match up between leinster beat munster 13 points to 6. that's all from us for now. have a very good night. campaigners are calling for a radical overhaul of britain's railways to try to improve travel. the pressure group, campaign for better transport, argues there should be a major fares reform, a single national railcard, and more control of services given to major cities outside london. olivia richwald has the details. tannoy: the train to nottingham has been cancelled... leeds station this morning where passengers faced delays and cancellations. britain's trains have been described as expensive, overcrowded and unreliable by the campaign for better transport, and today the group is calling for a radical overhaul of the way the railways are run. it suggests that franchises should be scrapped and fares reformed, but it doesn't estimate how much that would cost. before today's report, the government was already consi

well, students at the university of leicester may have found the answer after calculating that in ordert christmas it will need to be covered in more than 2,600 fairy lights. we spoke to dr leigh fletcher who is an associate professor in planetary science at the university of leceister to find out more. we all know that this was fairly ridiculous experiment to begin with, and that santa claus already knows what all the good boys and girls live, but we did ask our leicester physics students to do this thought experiment as a kind of training exercise for them to hone their reasoning skills, to use the concepts that they have been learning throughout their physics degrees, to apply themselves to this particular challenge which will be a concern, no doubt, for school children of any age across the globe this morning. that is, will santa be able to see my own home in his sleigh as he is running along? now, the calculation involves our leicester physics students using their knowledge that they have acquired over the course, such as ideas from space, science and astronomy and how lights propa

but leicester know how to play on the front hood. their foreheads and behind, penalty., penalty. orwas it? check confirming there wasn't any contact. still everton continued to graph. the visitor stifling the free flying foxes that hold —— failing to hold their lead. jamie vardy made them pgy- their lead. jamie vardy made them pay. after a quiet first hour, vardy lea pt pay. after a quiet first hour, vardy leapt out of the shadows and into the thick of the action. moments later he was inches away from another, almost. the second lap to 90, another, almost. the second lap to go, leicester were in again. the flag up for offside. but the goal was given. everton could not hold on for a point. now was given. everton could not hold on fora point. now can was given. everton could not hold on for a point. now can marco desilva hold onto his job? momentum is very important in football. happy to see the players can have that patience and like you see, they have the belief that they can consistently get results. seen it today. different opponent, very stubborn. drop deep, not a lo

that gap to liverpool at the top just the 10 points now — although leicester have played two games morenervously looking over their shoulders too. a point and a place ahead of west ham and just two clear of the relegation zone. they were beaten 2—nil at brighton in the lunchtime game — watched by michael redford. christmas may have come and gone but there was still plenty of festive cheer at the amex stadium ahead of premier league fixtures in 2019 and as a new year draws closer, so does a sense of optimism. nearly 18 months after signing for brighton, he finally had his first goal which tookjust three minutes to arrive although bournemouth were nearly level moments later. josh king denied. after a frantic start, chances became limited, the second goal now crucial. brighton thought they had it thanks to dan burn before technology intervened. var deemed it offside. the goal was disallowed. despite the setback, brighton continued to push. they came close twice. the second goal did arrive and in some style — a moment of magic. brighton's first win against bournemouth in 11 attempts, they h

one thing i want to point out is that we at the university of leicester are not advocating that you arehouse without any problem. there are two reasons, then. firstly, having so many ways is only going to add to the climate emergency that we are all currently facing, but the second reason for us astronomers, is one of high importance, that is to do with light pollution. it is trying to make sure that we budding stargazers can look up into the night sky and still see the objects that we are looking for, including the very special opportunity tonight to look up and sees santa claus and his reindeer as they fly across the night sky on theirjourney around the world. pilgrims from around the world are gathering in the biblical city of bethlehem to celebrate christmas in the holy land. hundreds of people watched as palestinian scouts paraded to the sound of drums as christmas eve festivities got under way around the church of the nativity. people have been queuing to visit the grotto inside it, which is believed to be the exact site wherejesus was born. the archbishop of the latin patriarch o

the calculation involves our leicester physics students using their knowledge they have acquired overman it resolve small details, and something about the engineering of light—emitting diode, which is the key component of christmas lights today. and whatever stu d e nts christmas lights today. and whatever students used as a guide was the international space station. someone was up there looking down upon the planet earth at night time, would they be able to see your house with those christmas lights on its roof? they came up with a number of about 2500 christmas lights that you would need to be able to be spotted from the international space station. as far as we know, does any building have a number of lights? it is not so unreasonable a number. if you look at some of the images that the international space station is able to acquire, you will see cities and street lights when looking down from above. one thing i want to point out is at the university of leicester we do not advocate that you all rush out to the supermarket to buy extra lights for your house. rest assured centre is c

2—1 leicester! the win for leicester left west ham just one point above the bottom three. playing second—tier football in the former olympic stadium unthinkable for the owners. they planned so much more when they hired manuel pellegrini, who won the premier league with manchester city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led the hammers to tenth on the table last season. but after a promising start, the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday, he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think that the players want to do it, but i admit the pressure and the lack of confidence and the lack of results is difficult. it's the time of year for taking stock of where you are and where you're going. as well as soul—searching, west ham will be looking for a new guide. elsewhere in the premier league, manchester united moved up to fifth in the table with a 2—0 win at burnley. charlie taylor was at fault for united's opener. he was dispossessed by andreas per

we'll start in the premier league as leicester city continue to keep pace with the leaders liverpool.gue wins on the bounce for the foxes, and theirform manjamie vardy has scored in each of them. he found the net twice on sunday and is now on his best streak since his record 11—match run, back in 2015. he leads the premier league's goalscoring charts and leicester are now eight points behind liverpool. it was a brilliant performance, i thought from the first whistle we wa nted thought from the first whistle we wanted to attack the game. this team at home a really strong, they make it really difficult for you, and with the cloud and everything, we knew this was going

2—1 leicester!ee. the prospect of playing second—tier football in the former 0lympic stadium unthinkable for the owners. commentator: it's demarai gray! 2—1 leicester! they planned so much more when they hired manuel pellegrini, who won the premier league with manchester city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led the hammers to tenth on the table last season. but after a promising start, the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday, he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think that the players want to do it, but i admit the pressure and the lack of confidence and the lack of results is difficult. it's the time of year for taking stock of where you are and where you're going. as well as soul—searching, west ham will be looking for a new guide. the busy festive schedule continues today with a london derby at 2 o'clock. arsenal — who are 12th — host fouth place chelsea.

leicester know to play on the front foot.ton continued to graft. the visitors stifling the usually free—flowing foxes but failing to extend their lead and whenjamie vardy‘s chance came, of course he made them pay. he had leapt out of the shadows and into the thick of the action. just moments later he was inches away from another. almost. with seconds left to go, leicester were in again. the winner was in with a flag up on the side. but the goal given by var. everton could not hold on for a point and neither could marco silva hold onto hisjob. elewhere, arsenal, under their interim manager, freddie ljungberg, drew 2—2 at norwich. it's now eight matches without a win for them in all competitions. manchester united were held to a 2—2 draw at home to aston villa while wolves and sheffield united drew 1—1. celtic are still top of the scottish premiership after comfortably beating ross county 4—1. ryan christie scored twice to give them a 2—1 half—time lead. in the second half, winger mikeyjohnston completed the scoring with the pi

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it ends leicester's nine game winning run in the league.an rodgers says they now need to hit the reset button but with liverpool in the club world cup this week, they can close to gap to four points at the top before liverpool next play. fourth placed chelsea are having a slump too. surprised 1—0 at home by bournemouth, who'd lost their last five before today. the main action in the 84th minute when dan gosling nodded the ball over the line. the assistant referee initally flagged for offside but var had a look and saw gosling wasn't the player in. the goal was given and helps bournemouth up to 14th in the table. and just look what it meant to eddie howe and his players. a battling performance. for chelsea boss frank lampard, a fourth league defeat in five games is one he says his young side will learn from. we have to set our own standards and the position we got ourselves in a few weeks ago going to manchester city game was can we look upwards? now it has changed, now we need to show a reaction and get results, we have tough games over chr

2—1 leicester! that winner for leicester left west ham just one point above the bottom three.ying second—tier football in the former olympic stadium unthinkable for the owners. they planned so much more when they hired pellegrini, who won the premier league with manchester city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led the hammers to tenth in the table last season. but after a promising start, the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday, he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think that the players want to do it, but i admit the pressure and the lack of confidence and the lack of results is difficult. it's the time of year for taking stock of where you are and where you're going. as well as soul—searching, west ham will be looking for a new guide. patrick geary, bbc news. as we mentioned, david moyes is one of the names in the frame to replace pellegrini, but others have been mentioned including sam allardyce who managed the club between 2011 and

we'll start in the premier league as leicester city continue to keep pace with the leaders liverpool. brendan rodgers‘ side won 4—1 at aston villa that's now eight league wins on the bounce for the foxes, and theirform manjamie vardy has scored in each of them. he found the net twice on sunday and is now on his best streak since his record 11—match run, back in 2015. he leads the premier league's goalscoring charts and leicester are now eight points behind liverpool. it was a brilliant performance, i thought from the first whistle we wa nted thought from the first whistle we wanted to attack the game. this team at home a really strong, they make it really difficult for you, and with the cloud and everything, we knew this was going to be a tough game. but our approach in the game was very good, the players‘ intensity and concentration was great. we scored a very, very good goals. so, and, in that second half, we kept going right to the very end. newcastle scored a late winner as they came from behind to beat southampton 2—1. sheffield united also came from behind to secure their first

leicester's best were delivering the goods today.ime whistle but it was quickly forgotten when leicester city restored that cushion. jonny evans, 3—1. some want to convince vardy out of international retirement, and here is why. that's now 16 for him this season. he has scored in eight consecutive premier league games now, and the last person to do that was... well, jamie vardy! leicester city's sights are higher than the top four now. we knew this was going to be a tough game but our approach on the game was very good. intensity and concentration was great from the players. we scored very good goals. and that second half, we kept going right till the very end, to score... collectively as a team, we defended very well. disappointed that we conceded just before half—time, but the message in the second half was to keep doing what we had been doing. disappointed, just said to the players there, we were to open and they were good at counterattacking and clinical. you can't play a game at villa park and concede 23 attempts at our goal. we

divock origi scored two of the goals with liverpool ensuring they stay 8 points ahead of leicester inecond and 11 ahead of last season's champions manchester city. john murray was watching at anfield: a terrible scoreline, the first time they have hit five and a merseyside derby since 1982. everton couldn't cope with liverpool's movement as manchester united created the first two goals and starting for the first time this season, while michael keenan grabbed one back for the visitors, 4—1 before everton kept clinging on before halftime. stayed 4-2 clinging on before halftime. stayed 11—2 before everton was left in the relegation zone and the position of their manager precarious. scored wonderful goals, unbelievable goals, sensational passes. sensational pieces of football and a love that a lot. 3-1, pieces of football and a love that a lot. 3—1, not too good, but 4—1 brilliant, 4—2, absolutely not cool, because there were three minutes and two minutes were already off the clock, so we scored a wonderful fifth goal. all good. jose mourinho's unbeaten start as the new tottenham coach ha

they've got a quick turn—around though with a tricky—looking trip to second—placed leicester on boxingir own for the club world cup. olly foster's been following the tournament in doha for us. that is the club world cup done for another year. it will be back here in qatar in 12 months. european clubs‘ domination of this tournament in recent years continues, liverpool were the winners, upgrading their european champions league title to a world title now. juergen klopp, speaking about how he didn't know how to feel about this tournament, but he now knows it is sensational, he said. it is outstanding. and they head back to the premier league winter now to see if they can stay in front of the chasing pack, ten points clear at the moment ahead of leicester city, and wouldn't they just love to add a premier league title, their first in the top division in england for almost three decades, to all those other titles that they have won this year? as for this tournament, it will stay with the six continents, the best from them, next year, before it expands hugely in china in 2021. 2a teams will

leicester city's sights are higher than the top for now.nd half, we kept going right till the very end, to score... collectively as a team, we defended very well. disappointed that we conceded just before half—time, but the message in the second half was to keep doing what we had been doing. disappointed, just sent to the players there, we were to open and they were good it's counterattacking and clinical. you can play a game at villa park and can see 23 attempts and our goal. we had 15 ourselves but it became a basketball game at times and they were more clinical than we were. newcastle united are up to 10th after coming from behind to beat struggling southampton. danny ings had put the saints ahead byjonjo shelvey‘s header drew them level before federico fernandez grabbed the winner three minutes from time. newcastle haven't lost at home in the premier league all season. ijust i just felt that we were flat. and we couldn't really... it wasn't until we changed a few things at half—time and went higher up the pitch and then cause them a few

the leicester city boss let slip over the weekend that he had a release clause in his contract with thes far, and i know managers are losing theirjobs, but the club have not indicated to me they are going to sack me. i think they are pretty happy with how we are working. like i said, i'm very happy so i have no need to look elsewhere. and i think logic would tell you — and i know sometimes this gossip and speculation is not always logical — but why would i want to leave leicester city at this moment in time? the manchester city manager pep guardiola says that sergio aguero definitely won't play in the manchester derby this weekend. the argentine striker suffered a thigh injury in the match against chelsea last month — and hasn't recovered fully. guardiola says aguero won't be ready in time to face manchester united at the etihad this saturday. before that, city take on burnley tomorrow. let's take a quick look at some of the day's other sports stories. the dispute between former wallabies full back israel folau and rugby australia has gone to mediation. folau's seeking £7.5 million afte

and catch us if you can as liverpool pull clear, but manchester city could leapfrog leicester with ad welcome to sportsday. we're going to start with cricket and another england batting collapse in the first test against south africa in centurion. the hosts ended day two with a lead of 175, helped largely byjoe root‘s side losing the final seven wickets of their first innings forjust 39. alex hartley from the bbc‘s cricket social spoke to my colleague, chetan pathak, and believes the hosts are now very much in command. they have had the day they wanted. they have had the day they wanted. they would have been disappointed not to get 350 on the bat but after they were hundred and 55 there were very happy. and because of the england batting collapse they finished on top. where do you think it is going wrong, time and again?” don't know if it's necessarily going wrong, england are just trying to find their feet with test cricket again. we got ourselves in a really good position withjoe root weathering the storm and seeing of the south african bowlers, however with joe root the south afri

city stay third, but they're just a point behind leicester now.de bruyne was "incredible" — he did have a great game — and he set up gabrieljesus for city's third goal, as they came from behind to win 3—1. he's an incredible fighter, the way he runs, and i think playing that position, he's a little more free to attack. because our high pressing helps a lot for his intensity — he can run and make passes. he lives close to the goal. he is an exceptional player, today was one of the best performances he has played since a long time ago. arsenal and everton‘s new managers watched their sides play from the stands at goodison park. mikel arteta officially takes charge of arsenal today, carlo ancelotti was announced as the everton boss shortly before kick—off. the match ended 0—0. sheffield united's impressive run continues — they're up to fifth, after oliver mcburnie scored the only goal of the game in their win at brighton. that's the first time in 26 years that they've won three games in a row in the top flight. southampton are out of the relegation z

the win was leicester's eighth in a row as well.at southampton 2—1. sheffield united came from a goal down to win 2—1 away at norwich, whilst brighton and wolves finished 2—2. celtic manager neil lennon admitted his side weren't at their best but that's what cup football is all about as his side crept past rangers 1—0 to win the scottish league cup. it's a tenth successive domestic trophy in scotland. christopherjullien scored the winner on the hour mark and against the run of the play. rangers had a penalty saved and played the last half an hour with a man advantage but couldn't find a goal. a a1—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence following reports of manchester united players being abused during yesterday's manchester derby at the etihad stadium. the incident is the latest to blight the game in recent times with fred, one of the players allegedly targetted said it shows we are still in a backward society. our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. it was the moment the ma

2—1 leicester! the winner for leicester left west ham just one point above the bottom three.ers. they planned so much more when they hired manuel pellegrini, who won the premier league with manchester city in 2014. he spent big on the likes of felipe anderson and led the hammers to tenth in the table last season. but after a promising start, the bubble burst by late autumn. speaking yesterday, he acknowledged the fans had reasons not to be cheerful. they deserve a better performance. we are trying to find which is the way to do it. i think that the players want to do it, but i repeat the pressure and the lack of confidence and the lack of results is difficult. it's the time of year for taking stock of where you are and where you're going. as well as soul—searching, west ham will be looking for a new guide. so as we mentioned david moyes looks set to take over at west ham but where did it all go wrong for pellegrini? here's the bbc match of the day analyst danny murphy. lack of energy and fitness, either the fitness regime at the club or lack of belief in the manager. plenty o

demari grey had a first half penalty saved for leicester at west ham.ut them ahead before pablo fornals equalised. 1-1. burnley against manchester united is underway at 7:45. no fixtures in the scottish premiership today but a full programme tomorrow. the final round of games before the winter break. and what a way to round out 2019. the old firm derby, celtic and rangers. first versus second. a win for celtic would be a 12th league victory in a row and take them eight points clear. i'm really delighted. no matter who we play, no matter what the context has been, conditions, it's been a heavy month. they played absolutely brilliantly at times and they are the spotlight all the time. everyone is looking for a chink in the armour but in the main, they have won the games really well which is a big plus for the players. let's have a look at some of the other stories catching our eye today. the big race of the day, the savills chase at leopardstown, was won by delta work.the11—2 shot ridden byjack kennedy produced a strong finish in the final straight to ove

leicester's high quality play became a memory as hill silenced the home fans.ults. bristol would have gone top, but they were thrashed by saracens who are still well into minus points after their fine and wasps lost at home to harlequins. he may have lost his job at spurs last month, but mauricio pochettino certainly hasn't lost his magic touch. take a look at this. he's got a lot of time on his hands at the moment — he's currently in qatar for the club world cup as a guest of fifa s supreme committee, but he found time for a game of footgolf. and as you can see, nailed a hole—in—one! that's all the sport for now. 0na sad on a sad evening for football, where martin peters has died at the age of 76. thank you. now on bbc news, private eye's editor, ian hislop — joins the bbc‘s media editor, amol rajan — to look back on a fascinating year of front covers, cartoons and satire. hello. ian. come in. good to see you. now, you are everywhere. thank you for having us in, thank you so much. how do you come up with a private eye cover like those? well, this was when ther

coming up on this programme: late drama as leicester score a 94th minute winner to close the gap at the top of the english premier league. signing off in style — world champion lewis hamilton wins the season—ending abu dhabi grand prix. and despite playing what he calls the worst golf of his career, pablo larraza bal wins the alfred dunhill championship in south africa. hello, and the welcome to the programme, where we start with football, and the news that leicester city scored a late winner against everton thanks to a var decision — keeping them second, and eight points adrift of liverpool. kelechi iheanacho was the beneficiary as brendan rodgers‘ side went behind in the first half, but jamie vardy got the equaliser and in the fourth minute of injury time iheanacho sent the home fans wild, and his teammates, with a great strike for the winner. listen, var has got a lot of grief since it has come into the league, and the referees as well. but i think today was a real positive for the referees and var. i thought the penalty we got in the first half, when you see it back, probably wasn't

instead, exeter are top, inflicting another defeat on leicester, 31—22 the score.hey remain in trouble in 11th place, one place off the bottom. that's all the sport for now. the duke of edinburgh is continuing to be treated at a hospital in london after being admitted yesterday. the queen remains at her sandringham estate in norfolk. 0ur correspondent tolu adeoye is at sandringham. all quiet here this evening. this is where the duke has spent much of his time since he retired in 2017. this is where he left yesterday morning to go to hospital in london. we know around the same time, the queen was arriving for her christmas break here. it really is that business as usual, not a huge sense of alarm around the fact that the prince has been admitted to hospital. and the palace has only said that he's been admitted for observation and treatment in relation to a pre—existing condition. they described it as a precautionary measure. the palace has not confirmed he went to hospital in a helicopter. we know when he got there he did walk into the hospital. the palace have not

this was leicester's big chance to look lyrical in the eyes.e it was roberto firmino. that experience of glory and what it ta kes to experience of glory and what it takes to get there is now ingrained in this letter. will they knew they needed a second, he was the chance. handball and penalty. we can watch it from james milner‘s point of view but it is far harder to understand his calm. the kit kat settled the match and perhaps much more. from now on, it was about showing off, roberto firmino showed for the third. trent alexander—arnold from west derby, lyrical. part of the tea m west derby, lyrical. part of the team that our world and european clu b team that our world and european club champions and have making step towards really england. how many problems leicester could cause but to do we were really concentrating and did a lot of things really good. and especially scored the goals which is absolutely nice and very important. important to say the least. manchester city play tonight but the nature of this win begs the question, was this the

coming up on this programme: late drama as leicester score a 94th minute winner to close the gap at thepremier league. signing off in style — world champion lewis hamilton wins the season—ending abu dhabi grand prix. and despite playing what he calls the worst golf of his career, pablo larraza bal wins the alfred dunhill championship in south africa. hello, and the welcome to the programme, where we start with football, and the news that leicester city scored a late winner against everton thanks to a var decision — keeping them second, and eight points adrift of liverpool. kelechi iheanacho was the beneficiary as brendan rodgers' side went behind in the first half, but jamie vardy got the equaliser and in the fourth minute of injury time iheanacho sent the home fans wild, and his teammates, with a great strike for the winner. listen, var has got a lot of grief since it has come into the league, and the referees as well. but i think today was a real positive for the referees and var. i thought the penalty we got in the first half, when

last night they were faced with leicester city, who went and they thrashed them a—0.obably not. it might be unlucky for some, but liverpool are 13 points clear at the top of the premier league after that win at leicester. patrick gearey was watching. music, hypes, light, this was mr‘s big night. a chance to look liveable's in the eyes, to keep them on their side of the horizon. it is so difficult to watch them all. one marauding red always escapes. ears was roberto fermina. 0n marauding red always escapes. ears was roberto fermina. on saturday he scored the winner in the world cup clu b scored the winner in the world cup club final. that experience of glory and what it takes to get there is no ingrained investable squad. they knew they needed a second. it was their chance. they want youhandball, penalty. we can watch from james milnerpoint of view, but it is far harder to understand his calm. that kick could have settled the match and perhaps much more. from now on it was about showing off. the amino placed in the third and the fourth was fired home by a born and bred

just the 10 points now — although leicester have played two games more. that kicked off 33 minutes ago. still goalless. in other results today, brighton beat relegation rivals bournemouth 2—0. there was a 2—1win for carlo ancelotti's everton away a newcastle thanks to a brace from dominic calvert—lewin. southampton and crystal palace shared the points — 1—1 the score. and watford's revival under new manager nigel pearson continued — they survived being reduced to 10 men to beat aston villa 3—0 and move within three points of safety. rory burns and dom sibley posted england's best opening partnership this year to give england hope of chasing an unlikely and record breaking 376 to beat south africa in the first test at centurion. burns steered england to 121—1 at the close of day three, with 255 still needed for what would be england's highest run chase. south africa were dismissed for 272 as jofra archer took 5—102. england, though, were afflicted by illness on day three. jos buttler was replaced behind the stumps byjonny bairstow, while captainjoe root al

it's now seven straight wins in the league for leicester.d move out of the relegation zone, whilst wolves 2—0 win at home to west ham takes them 5th. there was drama at celtic park as scottish premiership celtic leaders conceded an last minute equaliser against hamilton — only for scott brown to grab the winner two minutes into stoppage time. it puts them two points clear now at the top after rangers could only draw 2—2 with aberdeen. despite trailing 2—0 aberdeen hit back either side of half time, with andrew considine scoring their second. hearts are down to 11th, despite a late equaliser against livingston. kilmarnock and st johnstone was goalless. ross county beat hibs 2—1 and st mirren are now bottom after a 3—0 reversal at home to motherwell. birmingham city picked up only their fourth point of the women's super league season but had to settle for a 1—1 draw at home to tottenham. kit graham scored the equaliser for the wsl‘s newcomers 17 minutes from time. spurs remain in 7th ahead of brighton's visit on sunday. a dearfriend. an icon o

leicester's best were delivering the goods today.ot one back before the half—time whistle but it was quickly forgotten when leicester city restored that cushion. jonny eva ns, city restored that cushion. jonny evans, 3—i. some want to convince jamie vardy out of international retirement, and here is why. 16 for him this season. he has scored in eight consecutive premier league games now and the last person to do that was... jamie vardy! leicester city's sites are higher than the top for now. in the other games... federico fernandez got a late winner for newcastle as they beat southampton 2—1 at st james's park. sheffield united are eighth after beating norwich 2—1. brighton take on wolves in the late game. west bromwich albion are back to the top of the championship after beating swansea 5—1. semi ajayi headed in the opening goal after matheus pereira set him up from a corner. pereira, on loan from sporting lisbon, went on to score the second for west brom before setting up the other three, including one from kyle edwards who scored

it ends leicester's nine game winning streak.oalkeeper tim krul12 minutes later. when you are on a winning run, you believe that you're going to win every single game but of course it is very, very difficult. the players have been absolutely class, we just weren't at the level we needed to be against a side who are down in the bottom but have threats. they defended very, very well, especially second half. probably our best performance of the season, without a doubt in this moment, to get a draw at leicester, a top—class result even though we are disappointed we did not use our chancesin disappointed we did not use our chances in the first half to win this game, we were close to winning the game but without a doubt good game, andi the game but without a doubt good game, and i am delighted and also proud of my players. chelsea were also on the receiving end of a surprise result at stamford bridge. beaten 1—0 by bournemouth. dan gosling scored the winner six minutes from time. the goal was initially ruled out for offside before var

lizo mzimba, bbc news, leicester square.st clumped his way in here. iama big he hasjust clumped his way in here. i am a big star wars fan, and when the storm trooper walked in, my stomach properly flipped. we were not sure whether the storm trooper is going to speak or whether he was going to stand there looking vaguely menacing. glenn maxwell, he is guarding us, he is a security, and he is easing the load. we will leave the next bit to you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm geeta pendse. cases of dementia in london have doubled in the past five years, according to nhs data. experts say the rise is due to an increase in diagnosis rates and an ageing population. nhs england said the priority is finding out as early as possible whether you have the condition, to get the right treatment. more than two years after it originally started, the south western railway strike looks set to continue in 2020. the rmt union is now balloting members for a sixth time to secure a man

leicester won it, and will play aston villa in the semis. scottish premiership after a two—nil win over struggling hearts. ryan christie and olivier ntcham scored to move celtic further ahead of rangers, who have a game in hand. after producing a godlike out, it's great. didn't you watch the football? you are glued to the action on the touchline. football? you are glued to the action on the touchlinelj football? you are glued to the action on the touchline. i brought information to the table. good morning, ben. two yellow cards in two minutes and both of the coaches. jurgen klopp. did they get sent off? just a yellow card. it got a bit feisty on the touchline. between each other? there was a crunching challenge from a liverpool player. there was a bit of anger. there wasn't a thing between them particularly but far be it from me to... you are the expert this morning. all our faces when charlie talks about the football. it happens sometimes, it does happen. let's have a look at the papers. what a mess. many of the paper is looking forward to

leicester couldn't get the say, a 1—1 draw.han chelsea muster — they've only managed to get three in the last month. the latest defeat came at home against bournemouth. modern technology played its part. did the ball cross the line? goalline technology said yes, the offside flag said no. the video assistant referee had a quick look at it. no offside, goal stood. 1-0. this was always going to be the case, as far as i saw it. i did get frustrated with everyone getting so excited with us because i knew that over the course of the season there would be tough moments. and now we need to show. if you wanted to knowjust how much better liverpool are than the rest, chelsea, in fourth, are as close to them as they are to watford, who are bottom. west ham moved four points clear of the relegation zone with a vital win over southampton. manuel pellegrini's side ran out 1—0 winners in what the manager described afterwards as an important victory. details of all yesterday's results are over on the bbc sport website. three matches in the pre

it's after they beat leicester 4—0.arents separated from their premature babies and the hospital app that's helping them. and in the weather it might be a great day across the country, the wettest is scotland and northern ireland, but over the next few days, it is set to get a good deal milder. all the details on bbc breakfast. it's friday the 27th of december. our top story... around 60 people, including children, have survived a plane crash in kazakhstan. at least 15 people died when the bek air plane went down during take—off from almaty, the country's largest city. it was bound for the capital, nur—sultan, carrying 93 passengers and five crew. the cause of the crash is not yet known. earlier we spoke to our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. we've seen a list of 60 passengers that has been published by the airport. they say these are the 60 that have, so far, been identified as surviving the crash. many of them are now in hospital. we understand some are in serious but many appear to have made it out alive from t