for treatment in singapore. now oscar's cancer—free, and back home with his mum and dad. i think just the fact that we have such a strong, committed, loving community behind us, it means the world to us. this evening, oscar was given the honour of virtually switching on worcester‘s christmas lights, after recording this earlier. ready, steady, go! whee! at the same time, across the city, othersjoined in. merry christmas! top of oscar's christmas list is a chocolate coin—making machine. it's actually a special treat for my friends, because they've done all this hard work for me. ah! oscar can look forward to many more christmases at home in the city which helped to save him. phil mackie, bbc news, worcester. three days of national mourning have begun in argentina,

after the football legend maradona died yesterday, at the age of 60. thousands have been paying their final respects at the presidential palace in buenos aires. maradona's coffin, already draped in argentina's national flag, and a football shirt, bearing his trademark number 10, is being covered with the momentos thrown by his many fans. time for a look at the weather now, with darren bett. hello, george, there was some sunshine around today but we are expecting more fog in more areas. towards the north—west there is cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland, limiting the amount of frost, and bringing some rain. there is also a chance of rain in the far south—east corner, but in between, clear skies, no in the far south—east corner, but in between, clearskies, no breeze, that fog is thickening up and developing more widely. and it comes together with some patchy frost. the

areas which are more likely to have the fog lingering in the morning are shown here by the yellow fog warning from the met office. it will slowly lift in many cases to become low cloud but it could stay quite grey. still some showers in the far south—east. showers in the irish sea. cloud spilling into scotland and northern ireland, bringing some patchy rain. but where the fog is slow to lift, in the midlands, temperatures could be no higher than 3-4. temperatures could be no higher than 3—4. for the weekend, slight changes. we will get a bit more of a breeze, which will push the colder air north and bring in milder conditions from the south. but i think it will be a frosty start for scotland. looks pretty cloudy elsewhere. could be a bit damp in places. in the south of england, in the mild air, temperatures could get up the mild air, temperatures could get up to 12. but in scotland, after the frosty start, it will be much

colder. the second half of the weekend looks pretty grey and gloomy. the cloud will continue to spill into northern ireland and western scotland. temperatures in the afternoon will be around 8—9. that's all from the bbc news at six — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

hello, i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up on sportsday this evening. some sports will see the return of fans next week, but what do the three tiers mean for spectators? there are tears in argentina, three days of mourning as tens of thousands say farewell

to diego maradona. after nine years, anton ferdinand tells us why he didn't do more following thejohn terry race row. i was scared. i didn't feel like i could, i didn't feel like i had support to speak out. also coming up in the programme... bio—bubbles—fatherhood and world records, adam peaty is still living life in the fast—lane. and so is jamie chadwick, she tells us about her latest motorsport challenge and her formula one ambition. evening, what tier are you in? i,2or3. we all found out this morning how we'll be able to go about our business when this latest lockdown is lifted in england,

and from next week we'll see the return of spectators at various sports. not in tier 3, the fans are still locked out, the first premier league game under the new restrictions is at villa park next friday, that will still be played behind closed doors. london's in tier 2, which means that arsenal can let 2,000 fans in for their europa league match next thursday, nine months after the emirates last saw spectators. hardly any of the country is in tier! and looking at football, no league clubs fall in those areas, although these tiers will be reviewed after 2 weeks, we could get 4,000 fans through the gates by christmas. we've got some midweek matches next week in the football league, one of them at adams park, home to wycombe wanderers, they face stoke. let's speak to the chief financial officer pete couhig who joins us.

this is marvellous. yourfans have not been able to see you as a championship club because even needed that behind closed doors. championship club because even needed that behind closed doorsm is. we are in a unique circumstance. in our hundred and 33 year history, wycombe has never been in the championship so to be playing those matches behind closed doors has been very tough. all we have wanted is oui’ very tough. all we have wanted is our supporters to have a chance to see the boys in the championship and we are super excited that it looks like we should be able to do that next week. i do need to clarify, we are still in the final stages of approval. we have been working with the local groups, they don't have much time. they are working hard to review our application and hopefully things will go well. how do you see it working because your ground is

not the biggest to begin with? 2000 is like quite a capacity almost? we we re is like quite a capacity almost? we were not one of the clubs that did a test earlier in the season so we have to do a test event with 1000 which we are hoping will be wednesday, we expect it to be. we have been planning for, five, six months to pull it off and we feel confident we can do it. baby steps but a step back towards normality and must bring much positivity. you look after the pennies, how important are those gate receipts to your club operating as a business? first and foremost this allows us to get a season of holders, sponsors and bottled isbacking. —— responses and bottled isbacking. —— responses

and box holders back in. we were just about to announce our ticket refu nd just about to announce our ticket refund policy and one of the final meetings to discuss that was broken up meetings to discuss that was broken up by meetings to discuss that was broken up by the announcement. it helps us prevent massive refunds which is the most important cash flow. we had that money, we don't want to ship it back so we want our fans to be able to get experience for it. just being able to ensure that the large majority of our stakeholders are able to attend matches was critical. if we can go to tier 1, depending on the circumstances, and we can offer more to our the circumstances, and we can offer more to oui’ season the circumstances, and we can offer more to our season ticket holders, i can promise you that revenues are needed. good luck with it. another sport that will certainly welcome the return of fans is rugby union, the first premiership match with spectators post lockdown will be at sixways

when worcester warriors take on bath on the 5th december. 2,000 fans permissable, again under tier 2 rules, but i spoke to their managing director earlier, and asked whether they would break even with such a small number. we haven't worked it out exactly but probably. with the staffing cost, we can reduce it to a certain extent because we only have 2000 in so we need less stewards. we are working out whether we can provide drink for those supporters, we don't think we can at the moment. we think we can do some hospitality but that will be reduced because you have to be in a family bubble and socially distanced. it all scaled down. to be honest, we have got fans in, it is worth it. it is worth getting fans in. other clubs did it earlier in the year. gloucester had a test fixture, so we are delighted to have a 2000 fans back in. season ticket

holders will be the ones we invite. we have more season—ticket holders than 2000 so therefore there will be a ballot. we will put that out tonight or tomorrow. they will come m, tonight or tomorrow. they will come in, they will be chosen and the supporters who cannot, will be a priority for our next game. indoor sports can also let in fans, but half the numbers allowed for outdoor. the uk snooker championship is taking place in milton keynes, that's tier 2 and organisers could let in 1,000 for the last few days next week, but they are still to make a decision on that. the reigning champion ding jun—hui came through his first round match today against jamie cu rtis—barrett, he doesn't think it is a good idea. i have no chance to pull out the tournament meaning i have to go for it. if somebody coughed behind me or

whatever happens, i will think about something else that is not snooker. there's plenty more european football tonight. three british clubs have already kicked off in the europa league. arsenal are in norway playing molde. no goals there approaching half—time. celtic also approaching half—time against sparta prague. they are drawing i believe. they are losing 2—1 now. leicesterfacing sporting braga. tottenham at home to bulgarians ludogorets. rangers are at home to benfica later. go to the bbc sport website for the latest. it is going to be an emotional night in naples tonight. napoli at home in the europa league and the club will honour their greatest player. it's been just over 2a hours since we learned the news that diego maradona had died. he is still revered in the city,

afterjoining them from barcelona, he led them to their first two serie a titles. the 1986 world cup winner, a global football icon who was also driven to self destruction though his various addictions but the city has been remembering their hero and celebrating his life. argentina are observing three days of national mourning following maradona's death. he died at his home just outside buenos aires yesterday. his casket is currently lying in the presidential palace in the capital. let's cross live to the casa rosada and speak to reporter natalio cosoy. amazing scenes. have you been taken aback by this? it has been like a pilgrimage in so many thousands coming to pay their respects.

pilgrimage in so many thousands coming to pay their respectsm pilgrimage in so many thousands coming to pay their respects. it was expected. it is still overwhelming when you see it. it has become a bit messy only because the fans expected the wake to last longer, the family wa nted the wake to last longer, the family wanted to finish at apm. it was then extended to 7pm. it is not clear now, if the presidential palace doors will open or not. they have been closed for a while, to be opened but there are worse scuffles between some of the people here and the police. emotions are running high at this point. the ones that came here want to go in and see maradona, that is the situation currently on the ground with this peculiar wake of the argentinian idol. no pun intended here at all, but lionel messi is currently held up but lionel messi is currently held up as perhaps the greatest player in the world. argentina are very fortu nate to

the world. argentina are very fortunate to have a player like him, but over the last 2a hours has that debate been talked about? is maradona still the greatest for everyone? i am not sure, i have not heard much of that debate but i think from these past hours, yes. he has been the greatest, at least in argentina. maybe the debate will visit later in the weeks to come but for now he is definitely the greatest. over the last 2a hours, we've heard so many anecdotes from those that met him, played with him or against him, today gary lineker, who made a film about maradona, shared his memories. i spent three days with him filming a documentary in buenos aires and it was the most extraordinary three days. it is difficult to describe what it is like being diego maradona

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