this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm... back on firm ground — dozens of passengers leave the diamond princess cruise ship after spending more than two weeks quarantined off the coats of japan. we are coming home, we are seeing the family and we cannot wait but also an away, it is strange, it feels like it has been our home for all that time. the duke and duchess of sussex announce they will no longer use the word ‘royal‘ in any of their branding from the spring. also tonight, an islamic state supporter, admits plotting to blow up st paul's cathedral. safiyya shaikh tried to buy bombs from undercover police officers. this is my diazepam for this morning

and this is volume. the misery of addiction to prescription drugs — we have a special report, as experts call for more support to help addicts give the drugs up. dearjurgen klopp, dear jurgen klopp, i dearjurgen klopp, i am ten years old... and what happened when a young manchester united fan asked liverpool's manager to lose a few games? a distressing message from a young man that shows the impact of bullying — but help from a few famous faces tell him he's braver than he knows.

good evening. welcome to bbc news. british passengers who've been quarantined onboa rd a cruise ship offjapan, for over 2 weeks because of coronavirus — have finally been allowed to disembark. the diamond princess was carrying 78 britons, when it was held in yokohama. some are thought to be crew members who could be staying on the ship. others who've tested positive for the virus are being treated injapan and some have already been evacuated to hong kong. around 35 britons who've tested negative are expected to be on an evacuation flight tonight heading back to the uk. the group are expected to land in wiltshire — before being quarantined at arrowe park hospital in wirral. our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, reports from yokohama. behind me, you can see the diamond princess cruise ship. there are about 1000 people left on board but those overwhelming majority of those are crew,

almost all passengers have now left. the americans left way back last sunday night. the australians left on wednesday. there has been some criticism of the british government for the length of time it has taken to get the british passengers off the ship, but i can tell you about one and a half hours ago, at 1:30am local time, that operation finally got under way. they've had to wait longer than almost anyone else to get off the diamond princess, but tonight, finally, after 17 days of isolation, the british passengers were loaded onto buses and began their long journey home. on board one of these buses, elaine spencer and her husband. before they left their cabin, they recorded this thank you message. thank you to the government for deciding to bring us home. we are coming home, we are seeing ourfamily, and we can't wait. but also, in a way, it's strange.

it feels like it has been our home for all that time. thank you. and hopefully we are going to be home and i will see my family, or ourfamilies, in the next couple of weeks. bye— bye. bye — bye. nearby, in his cabin, alan sanford told me he and his wife are feeling the strain of such a long confinement. we haven't stepped out of this cabin since we were quarantined on the 4th of february. it's now, sort of, the 21st. even though the quarantine on the ship is over, we are going to go on an aeroplane, get to the wirral and do another 14 days quarantine. that's going to make about 31 days quarantine altogether. we are going to have to deal with it. there's a lot of people that suffer worse than that in the world, but, wow, the thought we are only halfway through it... it may seem a little unfair that the british passengers leaving the ship tonight are now going to have to spend another 1a days in quarantine when they get back to the uk, having spent two weeks or more shut in their cabins on board the ship,

but what we've seen with the americans and now the australians is that some of the passengers who tested negative for the virus when they left the ship are now testing positive when they've got back home. 164 australians flew back to darwin on wednesday. two of them have now tested positive for the virus and have been sent to hospital. as you know, we carefully screened everybody before they left the ship, before they got on the plane and during the flight. but as people also know, there has been ongoing detection of infection on the diamond princess cruise ship over the last few days, so it's not unexpected that some people might have been incubating the virus. meanwhile, in south korea, the number of cases of the virus has leapt by 100 in the last 2a hours, and a second death has been reported. the outbreak is thought to have begun at this church in the city of daegu.

the streets of the city are now empty and a massive disinfecting operation is under way. at tokyo's haneda airport this evening, canadian evacuees have been boarding this charter flight. the british evacuees should soon follow. their next stop, raf boscombe down in wiltshire. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in yokohama. the duke and duchess of sussex will stop using their "sussexroyal" brand from spring. the news comes after it was announced this week that harry and meghan will formally step down as senior royals from 31 march. a spokesperson for the couple said due to government rules around the use of the word "royal", they'd agreed not to name their nonprofit organisation, the sussex royal foundation. an application to trademark the sussex royal brand has also been removed. and we'll be getting more on this

story from our royal correspondent jonny dymond just after 8:30. a woman who supported the banned islamic state terror group, has admitted plotting to blow herself up in an attack on st paul's cathedral. safiyya shaikh — a 36—year—old muslim convert, from hayes in west london — pleaded guilty to preparing an act of terrorism, by asking an undercover police officer to supply bombs. so how do undercover officers manage to find and stop potential attackers in cases such as this? peter bleksley is a founder member of scotland yard's undercover unit and joins me now. thank you so much for coming in. in this particular case, was the luck where what was involved in finding this lady and stopping what she wa nted this lady and stopping what she wanted to do? this must definitely

is not down to luck. this is a combination of the very traditional form of undercover policing when you say it face to face with someone who wa nts you say it face to face with someone who wants you to engage in criminal activity but before that there was all the online undercover work that all the online undercover work that a relationship with built up over a number of communications before at the suspect and the undercover officers actually physically met one another. how do you initially highlight that this person was one we need to watch closely? when does the red flag go up? that is a difficult question for the security services and counterterror police because they have to prioritise the investigation they are going to carry out. they do not have endless resources so carry out. they do not have endless resources so it is a tough call for them but as in this case, where one line it was easy to identify a murderous intent, then of course it

became a top priority and necessary resources will be applied. what does the world of online what has it done to undercover policing? has it made it difficult or easier? a combination of factors, when i did undercover policing the internet was not a thing so all meetings would be face—to—face. it might be an element of telephone calls but essentially me and the bad guys sat down and negotiated in front of one another. now with the internet there is a lot of undercover work done online where people do not meet. for example paedophile rings who share indecent images of children, they often trade, swap and create and distribute them online. there is an opportunity for undercover cops to go online, report to be a paedophile with a shared interest and then engage with people, carry out

communications, the swapping of the images perhaps and then of course that ends with a knock on the door where cops go around having identified and located the offenders. in the case of safiyya shaikh, there was chatter online and engagement in police officer who specialise in this but they had to go one stop further to get stronger evidence. the point of going undercover is to secure enough evidence to lead to a charge and then a conviction. you do not want to spend days, weeks, months of your life to work under cover and then get to court and it be strung out. 0ver get to court and it be strung out. over the course of a number of meetings, discussions online and face—to—face meetings, they had to really ensure that the suspect‘s intentions were clear. intent was repeated, for example, and recorded so we played to a court if need be.

this was done and then the decision to actually arrest her was when she did the bags, she sourced the back she wanted the bombs to go into and then she supplied those to the undercover officers, the decision made by the evidence was sufficient and the arrest was made. we come to the courts and ensuring that these cases are not turn out but i want to talk very quickly about lone wolves and groups perhaps you are organising some of these attacks. is it harder now that many people are lone wolves or described that way? the person operating on their own because invariably they will have no need to communicate with anybody sell a phone tap or monitoring of the internet is not potentially going to give you any rewards or credible in televisions on upon which to act because they are self—contained, and deep handing

remains and there head and often goes no further sell it provides a massive challenge for our security services and police. i thank you very much indeed. —— thank you very much indeed. the headlines on bbc news... dozens of britons held for over 2 weeks on a cruise ship off japan because of coronavirus, are finally allowed to disembark. the duke and duchess of sussex will no longer call themselves royalfrom the spring, and will remove it from all theirfuture branding. also tonight, an islamic state supporter, admits plotting to blow up st paul's cathedral. safiyya shaikh tried to buy bombs from undercover police officers. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane. a lot of action coming from wales.

tomorrow there will be the six nations match. and we will come to that in a moment. heavyweights deontay wilder and tyson fury will weigh in seperately to avoid a repeat of the pushing and shoving that happened at their press conference a few days ago. 0rganisers decided the usual face—off wouldn't take place because of the fracas. as the clock counts down to their re—match tomorrow night in las vegas, wilder's trainer jay deas has been telling us how his man has the mental edge. he really concerned to experience, it helps a lot. if you remember when floyd mayweather would fight people, he would say what what they do when they get on this stage and not understand until they got there that instead of 100 people wanting an interview, it is 2000 and instead of two people wanting an autograph, it is2 two people wanting an autograph, it is 2 million. it is an enormous thing but experience is the best thing but experience is the best

thing of all. he has been through the olympics and the big fights before. he went through the first theory fight and coming up on 11 title defences and no one has a preparation to deal with the situation then dante while there. liverpool captain jordan henderson has been ruled out for up to three weeks after picking up a hamstring injury during this week's champions league defeat to atletico madrid. he could miss liverpool's next three premier league matches and the fa cup tie at chelsea. it could have been worse. so we know it was a hamstring thing and we heard of different hamstring injuries around the premier league obviously, harry kane for example and stuff like that. but he will be out i think for three weeks or so which is not cool but how we see it, we we re which is not cool but how we see it, we were so lucky.

it's wayne rooney's 500th league appearance as his derby side host fulham in the championship. the game is currently 0—0 after 28 minutes. a win for fulham would move them level on points with second—placed leeds. rugby and the six nations... england head coach eddiejones has reshuffled his backline for their six nations match against ireland at twickenham on sunday. jonathan joseph will start on the wing, earning his 50th cap. elliot daly returns to full—back to replace george furbank who's out injured. while, manu tuilangi and ben youngs are both back in the starting 15. captain 0wen farrell starts at fly—half. he'll come up against an ireland side coached by his father, andy it is quite a unique family. if you look at the tree of the family and what influence and had an rugby league, it is a unique family. said

their ability to be professional and pray for their team and not get involved and other stuff is probably unique. while in the women's six nations, harlequins scrumhalf leanne riley will get her first start for england against ireland at a sold out castle park in doncaster. she'll partner the returning katy daly—mclean at flyhalf. prop hannah botterman is ruled out with injury, so uncapped detysha harper is on the bench. an athlete wearing nike's controversial vaporfly shoe has smashed the women's world record for the half marathon. ethiopia's ababel yeshaneh took 20 seconds off the previous record at a race in the united arab emirates. and reanne evans lost her first round match at the snooker shoot out in watford. she was beaten by ian burns in the one frame event. evans was hoping to become the first woman to beat a man in a world ranking event. the former manchester united goalkeeper and survivor of the munich air disaster

harry gregg has been laid to rest today. gregg famously went back into the burning wreckage of the plane in 1958 to pull out a mother and her child and his team mate sir bobby charlton. many former manchester united players were there to pay their respects including dennis law and the former manager sir alex ferguson. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. thank you very much. people trying to kick their dependency on prescription drugs need much more dedicated support — that's the call from experts and campaigners. almost a million people on prescribed medication — including tranquillisers, drugs for insomnia, and nervous disorders — have been taking them for at least 3 years. of those, more than half a million are on strong painkillers, known as ‘opioids' — even though there's no evidence that they help after 90 days. in the worst—affected parts

of the uk, the nhs is now running campaigns to urge those affected to seek help. but as jeremy cooke reports, many are still struggling to find the right services. this is my diazepam for this morning. that's valium. jim has a problem. what's next? antidepressant. a drug problem. citalopram, carbocisteine, 0ndansetron. this is montelu kast, to help me breathe. all of these, all on prescription, several times a day. nitrazepam, which is a benzo psychoactive. his life is dominated by his total dependency on prescription drugs. morphine, which i take three times a day. i just... including powerful opioid painkillers. is this too much? this would probably overdose most people. are you addicted? yeah. jim was badly burned when he was eight. the pain meant

prescription painkillers. and he's still on them. 35 years, i've been taking these every day. do they work for you? i'll be honest, i don't know what works and what doesn't work any more. this pain map of britain shows thatjim is not alone. there's a very clear north—south divide. manchester university research reveals prescription painkiller hotspots in our poorest communities. and patients staying on the drugs often for way too long. we are seeing an increasing amount of patients using opioids for long term. but using for long term, there is no evidence to prove they work. all i could think about was the pain and the medication and it consumes your life. jazz is 23 and already with a ten year history of using prescription painkillers. her hip dysplasia brought serious, chronic pain. her doctors knew that opioids, pregabalins and other drugs could relieve the agony.

but forjazz, there was a heavy price to pay. i was a child that got put on this through no fault of my own. and now i've got to go through all of this. coming off the medication was a million times harder than any of the surgery stuff. she'd become hooked, and with no nhs service available, the best on offer was a place at a centre for street drug heroin addicts. it was suggested for me to go on methadone to get off my prescribed medication. what did you make of that? ijust thought it was a bit ridiculous, treating an opioid with an opioid. it'sjust another thing to get addicted to. jazz is now getting help from her gp and campaigning to stop others getting hooked. in sunderland, that campaign is being piloted on the streets — an indication that things are changing. the government now requires addiction warning labels on prescription opioids. but those advising mps want structured, comprehensive support for all of those at risk.

we need a helpline so people can get hold of information, get hold of help. we need a referral service so gps can refer you to an expert who can help you. and we need doctors to have access to alternatives so people don't have to be put on the drugs in the first place. just morphine in a patch. so i've got one on each arm. specialist help is whatjim could use. he's tried hard to come off his medication, but the withdrawal has made him too sick. if i took heroin, there's about 20 services i could use. with this... where's the service? there's none. because these things will ruin your life. it is hard forjim to accept he will be on drugs for the rest of his life. harder still to accept the series of medical decisions that led him here, to all of this. jeremy cooke, bbc news. we can now speak to jazz allen, who you've just seen in that report.

she's now campaigning based on her research at university to persuade with the help of doctors, people on powerful medication to slowly come off it. she joins us live from leeds. thank you very much and congratulations as well. thank you. nearly got a first as i understand in your degree which is what your research was based on. in your degree which is what your research was based onlj in your degree which is what your research was based on. i was one mark off. what was it like knowing that you were labelled as an addict? very strange because i was at university and i was going to a service and i was told to go on a methadone which is quite a lot to deal with at a young age, i think. what sort of support did you find was out there when you realise you needed help? did people get your

problem? no, not at all. the closest thing was drug and alcohol rehabilitation. the guy i saw there had to go off and research this because it is still a different issue to illegal drugs as well so they did not fully understand and they did not fully understand and the doctor said not know either. it was kind of a learning curve even for the rehabilitation service. when did you realise you are addicted? let was that like? i think... it was a strange one because when i was 21 and my pain and might have gotten a bit better, i started to notice that i still had all of these issues. issues i put down to my pain and i think they were more related to my pain medication, and the university was trying to raise awareness around you could be addicted to pain medication even if you are not

taking too much. even if you are not having more than the dose, because you will still have the same addiction issues and withdrawal even if it were slightly different. the campaign, no such thing as painters, what do you mean by that? painkillers do not exist, it was actually thought of in health care professional workshops where they think the term painkillers is a misconception itself. a kells pain said they wanted it to be quite capturing and make people read into ita capturing and make people read into it a bit more. as we hurried in that report you were on strong painkillers from the age of 12. what sort of help had you received from doctors in terms of regulating the amount you are receiving or when you saidi amount you are receiving or when you said i need to come off of these. what help did you get from your gp?

not from the surface is but your gp? up my not from the surface is but your gp? up my gp, i found a not from the surface is but your gp? up my gp, ifound a really amazing gp at the end which was the one who suggested i go to the rehabilitation services and things. some had been really helpful. some do not necessarily know what to do. ed is not necessarily their fault. it is just when a specialist sees you, they learned more about your situation but when you get to a gp, and you say you are in pain, that is the first thing they would do. we had the public health england report at the end of last year. my question to you know is how are you managing your pain? it is something that you learn to live with and you know your own boundaries and when to stop and things. just doing the jan and

keeping up with my exercises has helped more than the pain medication ever has. coming off the pain medication actually i feel like i can deal with my pain better because i feel better and myself so i can deal with my pain better because ifeel better and myself so i can work a bit harder and a jam because it is difficult for me to do their but if i had a bit of sleep because i have not been on pain medication, and makes it better. so my pain has been better than it has ever been being off them. that is fantastic. very good luck indeed with your arm where it journey and very good luck indeed with your arm where itjourney and you're near first university. if you've been affected by any of the issues raised in this story, details of organisations offering information and support with addiction are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline. or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 08000155 947.

let's return to coronavirus now and its potentially huge impact on world trade. airlines say it could cost them more than 20 billion pounds and there's growing concern for the global supply chains of a range of products from cars to smartphones. 0ur reporter nina nanji is here. we knew at the beginning of the that there was a lot of concern on the luxury goods and strength of chinese spending power. different sectors now we are focusing on. all around the world businesses are feeling the effect of the coronavirus but airlines as you mentioned now are particularly ha rd airlines as you mentioned now are particularly hard hit and that is because we see carriers for us to either reduce or counsel, cancel altogether their flights and routes in china or the whole asia—pacific region. they cancelled to beijing

and shanghai and others are doing similar sorts of things. that will have a big impact on airline revenue. today the international transport association put out figures expecting to hit revenues for the airline industry to be £22.6 billion. that is the cost for this year. unsurprisingly airlines in the asia—pacific area that are suffering the most in demand there is expected to be down around 13% this year. demand is falling around double world and that is because people aren't thinking, hold on, i am not sure it is safe to travel right now. back to get worse at the virus spread and the expectations are demand this year could fall for the first time since the financial crisis which puts it into some context crisis which puts it into some co ntext a nd crisis which puts it into some context and say around cars as well, thatis context and say around cars as well, that is a sector that has been hard—hit. car sales, we had dated today showing they went down 92% and

that was in the first half of february. it shows quite significant impactand february. it shows quite significant impact and that impacts british manufacturers because china is the world's largest car market. and not planning on travelling or not going to update my car this year, what other sectors will it matter? china is known as a workshop of the world which means that ordinarily you have factories all around and they are turning out multiple amounts of goods and piled onto container ships and sand all around the world, whether to the uk or other markets but what has happened now in light of the virus, a lot of the factories have shut down around the lunar new year and have shut down around the lunar new yearand a have shut down around the lunar new year and a lot have not reopened which is causing huge impacts to the global supply chains because many industries rely on goods from china and now of course they are facing severe shortages. jaguar land rover he said this week that they are

being forced to china and pick up car parks and put them into suitcases and fly them over here to avoid potential shortages. and electronic manufacturers and retailers are facing all sorts of problems. apple earlier this week warned that the fire escape have an impact on iphone supplies. the hope is that these factories do eventually come back on but even if they do, there will be a timeline. that is because it takes time for a product to be manufactured in china and shipped over here. that is a matter of a couple of weeks so even if all factories resumed today, the disruption will last for some time as well. thank you very much indeed. let's catch up with the weather. good evening. after the heavy rain and flooding of the last week, you might well be hoping for dry weather through the weekend. unfortunately, that is not what we're going to get. there will be some rain at times, certainly some rain continuing through tonight, pushing southwards and eastwards across england and wales.

for northern ireland and scotland, we'll see some clear spells but some showers. those showers turning wintry across high ground in scotland on what will be quite a windy night. a mild night in the south, but an increasingly chilly one across the north. and then as we go on into tomorrow, well, we'll have some cloud and rain plaguing the south of england and the channel islands at times. further north across wales, the midlands, northern england, sunny spells and some showery outbreaks of rain. sunshine and showers for northern ireland and scotland, but the showers across scotland will be falling as snow to relatively low levels. over the very highest ground, over the hills and mountains, blizzard conditions are likely with very brisk winds. icy stretches, too. a cold day in the north, a milder one further south. and a quick look ahead to sunday. it's going to be a wet start for some parts of wales, the midlands, northern england. could see some heavy rain. it should brighten up as the day wears on.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines. dozens of britons held for over two weeks on a cruise ship offjapan because of coronavirus, have left the ship and will soon be flown back to the uk. we are coming home. we are seeing our family and we can't wait. but also in a way, it's strange. it feels like it has

been our home for that time. let's return to the news that the duke and duchess of sussex won't be using the brand ‘sussex royal‘ any more.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines. dozens of britons held for over two weeks on a cruise ship offjapan because of coronavirus, have left the ship and will soon be flown back to the uk. we are coming home. we are seeing our family and we can't wait. but also in a way, it's strange. it feels like it has been our home for that time. the duke and duchess of sussex announce they will no longer use the word ‘royal‘ in any of their branding — anywhere in the world — from this spring. an islamic state supporter, admits plotting to blow up st paul's cathedral. safiyya shaikh tried to buy bombs from undercover police officers. and coming up, steve coogan is a brash retail tycoon trying to restore his reputation. find out what mark kermode thinks of greed and the rest of this week's big cinema releases in the film review, at 5.45. let's return to the news that the duke and duchess of sussex won't be using the brand ‘sussex royal‘ any more. with me now is our royal correspondentjonny dymond. they thought they could can continue to serve for cleaning carry out royal functions and go off and try to achieve some degree of independence and live outside the

country for a large amount of the time. now they ended up really com pletely time. now they ended up really completely on the outside. yes, of course they air is still the family role in private role and very clearly always going to be members of the private side of the royal family but publicly there is no role at all. no tories or titles and this is the final signifier, they will not be able to use the role royal. foundation, website, social media feed. it will not have the word royal internet. they are no longer publicly roils. it is a long way from what they intended. does it matter? surely we are talking prince harry and the image is the brand? you are right to some degree, but in another way they become another set of celebrities. i am not saying it because i am a rail correspondent but it is different and it lets you above the common regard and in a rest celebrity, whether ceremonial or the titles and whether it is the constitutional position you are and. different from being a film star or social media * or youtube star. it is different. using royal, which i'm pretty sure they want to hold onto it as pretty sure they want to hold onto itasa pretty sure they want to hold onto it as a blow and it does in some way, and celebrity terms at any rate diminish them. . it looks as if the

brand is what is being protected here but we are going to see the couple back in a few weeks' time and what are we likely to see them do. we wa nt what are we likely to see them do. we want to see them do a last hurrah, a mix of the ceremonial, which is the end point and perhaps the most serious point instead of the most serious point instead of the pom. the most serious point instead of the poppy, we know harry will pop in ona the poppy, we know harry will pop in on a recording forjohn bonjovi and a range of other things. but it is not a huge amount of time and it will be the last hurrah and a sign of what we are about to lose. thank you. some £230,000 has been raised as part of a campaign to send a nine—year—old australian boy to disneyland after a video of his deep distress over being bullied went viral. yarraka bayles posted

the clip of her son, quaden, crying after he was targeted at school for his dwarfism. you might find what you're about to see, upsetting. and this is the impact bullying has ona and this is the impact bullying has on a nine—year—old kid who wants to go to school and have an education and have fun but every single day, something happens and another episode and another bullying, and other times, another name calling. very upsetting there. the clip was viewed 40 million times. and they

shared messages including the actor hugh jackman. are stronger than you know. and no matter what you have a friend in me. so everyone please be kind to each other and bullying is not ok. life is hard enough and just rememberevery not ok. life is hard enough and just remember every person not ok. life is hard enough and just rememberevery person in not ok. life is hard enough and just remember every person in front of us is facing some kind of battle. so be kind. hugh jackman there and joining me now is warwick davis. thank you for joining me now is warwick davis. thank you forjoining us and what did you think when you saw that video? of course it is deeply upsetting to watch, you know a young child as distressed as he is in that video.

and as a result of being bullied. we like to think of ourselves as being a caring and compassionate species where in fact at the heart of it we really are not sometimes. it is hard enough to attend school and those can be some of the hardest years for people. but just can be some of the hardest years for people. butjust describe to us the added element of living with dwarfism and attending a contemporary school, what is it like? for any child's school is a daunting prospect and can result in bullying but someone with dwarfism ora bullying but someone with dwarfism or a physical disability and can be even harder. some children cannot accept that there are children who are different in the world and see them as a target, see them as being weaker. when in fact these children are not weaker. it is just that they appear different. and it is about

education, it is about letting the world know that we all look different but we are all the same on the inside. , the same looks for hopes and dreams and fears and we should all be treated secretly. —— the same hopes and dreams and fears like you have done amazing work and i know particularly in east midlands as well. what help can schools do to help children or pupils who have dwarf says them, what should they be doing? it is about education and i doing? it is about education and i do go to schools and talk to you assemblies about my life and career and what it has been like living life as a little person. this can really help because if a child can understand it normalizes the difference and it can be the key to stopping any potential bullying. i think parents have a role to play here. education starts at home and

as parents we should all be taking responsibility for their children and their attitudes in the world. and a lot of children's behaviour is actually learned behaviour from their parents so really it is about their parents so really it is about the parent setting a good example about being caring, kind and compassionate towards other human beings. ultimately this is a personal battle and get in hope your fellow pupils would be mature enough and families as well, like you said and families as well, like you said and also helping but what would your personal message be to hand in terms of building the resilience? what would you say to him right now? he is in would you say to him right now? he isina would you say to him right now? he is in a very low place right now and iam hoping is in a very low place right now and i am hoping these messages and support he has been getting from around the world from average people as well, the outpouring of affection towards him has been incredible. really what it is about is about finding the inner strength in

yourself and holding your head up high and being really proud of who you are and that is the important thing, the self—esteem and confidence in yourself. when she sta rts confidence in yourself. when she starts exuding back, bullies will not take on you because bullies like wea k not take on you because bullies like weak people, they like people who are withdrawn so if you can perform that confident outlook then things will turn around for you. then eventually will not have to act the confidence any more, it will come naturally to you and you will feel great about yourself. what was your turning point? my mum and dad were instrumental and it. they may be look at myself in a positive way and so seat than negativity about being short and they would show me the positives and that. and that being different indeed was a wonderful thing as opposed to something negative. might warwick davis, thank

you very much. let's turn to events in america and an update on the trial of the former american film producer harvey weinstein. jurors in the trial, we understand, haven't ended four days of deliberations with instructions from the presiding judge that they are to resume on monday. earlier we understand if they'd asked if they were able to give split decisions on two charges, but were asked to consider unanimity. he denies charges of rape and sexual assault on a trial that could see the 67—year—old spent the rest of his life behind bars if found guilty, particularly on these two charges that the jury are hoping to abstain on, or to be hung, rather. as liverpool continue to dominate the premier league,

one young manchester united fan decided to take matters into his own hands. 10 year old daragh curley wrote to the liverpool managerjurgen klopp, asking if it would be possible for his team to lose a few games. as emma vardy reports, no—one was more surprised than daragh when klopp actually wrote back. dearjurgen klopp, my name is daragh. during a letter—writing project, most of the daragh's class were composing fanmail. but his tactics were different. i support man united and the reason i'm writing is to complain. liverpool are winning too many games. channelling the frustrations of millions of fans, he had a sincere request. the next time liverpool play, please make them lose. you should just let the other team score. i hope i have convinced you to not win the league or a match, ever again. i thought if i wrote to 0le gunner solskjaer, that wouldn't really make a difference. so, i thought i had a better chance of writing tojurgen klopp to stop him winning.

the plea was received by liverpool boss, jurgen klopp, a man who's transformed the club's fortunes. at his press conference today, he said he liked daragh's letter, even though daragh was not on his side. it wasjust nice. it was nice, it was cheeky. i was happy we had time that day. so, i read the letter and i replied. "unfortu nately, on this occasion," he wrote, "i cannot grant your request, not through choice anyway. we have lost games in the past and we will lose games in the future. the problem is, when you're ten years old, you think that things will always be as they are now. but there's one thing i can tell you as 52 years old, it's that this most definitely isn't the case." before i opened it, i thought it might be jurgen klopp, because it had royal mail on the stamp. my mam was like, "no, it's not." and then i open it, and it wasjurgen klopp. but, to daragh's disappointment, liverpool are still on course