Footballing legend George Best is unlikely to survive another 24 hours, his doctor has said.

Best, 59, could not recover from the internal bleeding that developed in the night, Professor Roger Williams said. 'I have to tell you his hours are numbered,' he said at Cromwell Hospital, west London, at 1250 GMT.

The ex-Northern Ireland star deteriorated with a lung infection on Friday, eight weeks after entering hospital with flu symptoms.