one man who was very glad that they are is the chief executive lance bradley. what does it mean to you to have fans back in here? it's fantastic. the gloucester fans we think are the best in the country, so think are the best in the country, so having them back into cheer the tea m so having them back into cheer the team on is exactly what we all want. to give me an idea of some of the measures you've taken tonight to keep people safe. we have been preparing for a long time to let fa ns preparing for a long time to let fans back in, so we have hand sanitisers everywhere, everyone's out their own time they need to arrive in, nobody is in groups of more than two. everybody is socially distance at least two metres apart. we have stewards everywhere to make sure that everybody‘s kept at a safe distance and all of the drinks and food are being served in seats so nobody has to get up to do that. so we have got a very comprehensive plan. from a financial perspective what is the impact from having to reduce it from 4000 to 1000? it's not really about the financial impa

gloucester‘s chief executive, lance bradley, says it was proof that more fans can return safely to stadiumst night night —— night's match. from our point of view the organisation of the game went very well. the mount that exactly what we wanted them to do and we believe we showed it was quite safe to have a thousand fans and, so the next phase is to get more fans and as quickly as possible and we very much hope we will be allowed another pilot test for our final home game of the season at the beginning of october. final home game of the season at the beginning of october. aston villa captainjack grealish has signed a new five—year deal to stay at the club. the midfielder, who made his first appearance for england against denmark last week, says he is "delighted to make the commitment". he had been linked with a move away from villa park this summer, but the new contract will keep him there until 2025. forumla 0ne‘s bosses will not investigate lewis hamilton's decision to wear a t—shirt highlighting police brutality at sunday's tuscan grand prix. the shirt read "arrest the cops who killed br

distanced in groups, with refreshments served in their seats, and gloucester‘s chief executive, lance bradleyof last night's match from our point of view, the organisation of the game went very well. fans did exactly what they wanted —— we wanted them to do. we believe we have showed it's quite safe to have 1000 fans m, it's quite safe to have 1000 fans in, so the next phases to get more fa ns in, so the next phases to get more fans in as quickly as possible and we very much hope that we will be allowed another pilot test for our final home game of the season at the beginning of october. meanwhile, the uk's only indoor sport pilot event faces cancellation due to a rise in coronavirus cases. ticket sales for the newcastle eagles test event due to take place this friday in front of around 800 fans have been put on hold over fears the north east could be heading for a local lockdown. it's infinitely harder when you have got to put, you know, a multitude of different breaks in place to make something happen. so one way systems and all sorts of things going on at oui’ venue, and all sorts of thing

distanced in groups, with refreshments served in their seats and gloucester‘s chief executive, lance bradleych. from our point of view, the organisation of the game went very well. the fans did exactly what we wanted them to do and we believe we showed it was quite safe to have 1,000 fans in, so the next phase is to get more fans and as quickly as possible. we very much hope we will be allowed another pilot test for our final home game of the season at the beginning of october. meanwhile the managing director of silverstone, stuart pringle, says the racetrack needs to get all fans back for next summer's british grand prix. he says this year has been incredibly damaging and without a full house next year, the future of silverstone itself hangs in the balance. i don't want to run with a reduced audience next year because it will simply make us lose more money quicker. and we cannot sustain that. our balance sheet is not robust enough and we need to get back to normality. when the government talk about very positive progress with vaccines and a very expansive testing regime, i hope that one or

let's speak now to one of those club directors, lance bradley, who's the chief executive of gloucester no fans through the gates since march, the lockdown has cost us around £5 million so far. we did have cash reserves, we like to think of ourselves as one club, we had cash reserves, we burned through those quite quickly during the town. and we have nothing left. the prospect of no fans for six months puts us in a very precarious position and i can only speak on behalf of gloucester rugby, but i don't believe we are in by any means the worst position of premier clubs. it's a very, very serious situation. can you take that one step further? both in terms of business but people's lives and livelihoods, you are using a lot of those phrases, we are using a lot of those phrases, we are pushed right to the edge. what sort of timeline have you got as a business and as a club? we have planned to have some fans back in from november when the new season starts. we were one of the two clubs that were selected to carry out a pilot, we had fans which was extremely good. we are planning for more fan