this is bbc news. the headlines: disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein is found guilty of rape and sexual assault. cleared of the

most severe charges against him. it is no longer business as usual. this is the age of the empowerment of women. and you cannot intimidate them any more. in italy, road blocks put 11 town into quarantine as fears grow that the global spread of coronavirus cannot be stopped. in south korea, they key for face months is the largest number of cases of the virus are confirmed outside of china. facebook is told it must take responsibility for people using it to sell home—made meals. and no headers for children in football training, but still allowed in matches. let's get more on the news that harvey weinstein has been found guilty of one count of sexual assault and one of their degree

rape. the convictions relate to incidents in 2006 in 2013 with two women. he was cleared on another count of rape and one of predatory sexual assault, and charge which would have carried a life sentence. 0nce would have carried a life sentence. once one of hollywood's most powerful people with like la from court in handcuffs. cyrus vance said the verdicts represent a new day for the verdicts represent a new day for the victims of sexual offences. the verdicts represent a new day for the victims of sexual offencesm isa the victims of sexual offencesm is a new day because harvey weinstein has finally been held accountable for crimes he committed. the women who came forward courageously and at great risk make that happen. wine scene is a vicious serial sexual predator. —— harvey weinstein. he tricked, humiliated and silenced his victims. he has been found guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and who will face ace state prison sentence of no

more than five years and up to 25 yea rs. his attorneys, his publicist and his spies did everything he could to silence the survivors. but they refused to be silent. he spoke from their hearts and they were heard. they sacrifice their privacy and self projection knowing better than anyone the extent of his power, manipulation, reputation and abuse. to them, i would say he breaks silence to hold them accountable and believe me, when i say, that because you have doing so, generation of sexual assault survivors and all of

us sexual assault survivors and all of us had your every word. let's look at some reaction. the president against sexual harassment that was founded by hollywood celebrities paid tribute to those who testified, saying this trial and the jerry‘s decision today marks a new era of justice, the jerry‘s decision today marks a new era ofjustice, notjust for the silence breakers he spoke out at great personal risk but false survivors as harassment, abuse and assault at work. the me too movement said it reminds us that sexual violence rise and uncheck power and privilege. the implications for reverb at far beyond how they were done to the daily lives of all of us in the rest of the world. ina in the rest of the world. in a moment, but it will be time for sports day. at 7pm, look across the atlantic, more on that verdict. in

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at 11:35pm. that is all i had on bbc news. now it is time for the sports hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm holly hamilton, coming up tonight: how young is too young to head a football? the football association has its say. children still want to go and play football, they still want to play in teams, still get enjoyment out of it and want to play with their friends, but hopefully what it will do is reduce the risks of brain trauma. another rematch with wilder, or a superfight with joshua, what next for tyson fury? runaway premier league leaders liverpool are in action tonight. will they stretch that lead once again? they play west ham, who are in all sorts of trouble. we'll ask what's gone wrong at the london stadium.

good evening, thanks forjoining us. from today, children in primary schools will no longer be allowed to head the ball during training sessions — following new guidelines issued by the fa. the ban will affect children in england, northern ireland and scotland with immediate effect — although heading will still be permitted in matches. and for those at under 12 to under—16 level, there'll be a graduated approach to bringing it into the game in training, while the ball size will vary depending on the age group. it follows research from glasgow university that found ex—footballers were three and a half times more likely to die from brain disease. the scottish fa's chief medical consultant drjohn maclean was co—author of that research and joins me now.

thank you forjoining us tonight. just referring back to that research from glasgow university, they have not found any link actually to heading the ball between that and brain injury, with that in mind, why this move from the fa today? the field study, which was published just before christmas was actually never designed and never could provide that answer stop it was the first scientific study to look at the potential link between neurodegenerative brain disease and playing professional football. something that many people have thought has been happening over the past three decades anecdotally. the studio side the increase, it was never designed to answer the question why and that is for future research. for most of us and experts around the world, the assumption is that head impact as a result of that, what we cannot say whether that, what we cannot say whether thatis

that, what we cannot say whether that is heading or head injury, the guidelines are really a pragmatic guidelines are really a pragmatic guide to try and reduce the overall heading... there has been some criticism of this today. i will read you one tweet from former spurs playerjamie 0'hara, he said it essential to becoming a footballer. i suppose my question is, could this be counter—productive potentially? i suppose my question is, could this be counter— productive potentially?” do not think so. we said in the primary school age, under 12 in scotland, no heading in training. every age group after that up to 16 is an adult football, there is a graduated reintroduction of heading. i think coaches will have plenty time over that time period to teach the techniques required to play an aduu the techniques required to play an adult football. what we have suggested is we know that we are trying to protect the brains of young people through adolescence and early adulthood, their brains are still developing. we know the vast

majority of headers in young players ta ke majority of headers in young players take place in training. by decreasing that burden of heading initially to zero and then gradually introducing that over the different age levels, and we will hopefully still have a generation of players that will have the technical skills to be able to head the ball. really appreciate your insight on this this evening. thank you forjoining us. the ban follows the case of the former england striker jeff astle, whose family started a campaign to grow the understanding of head injuries in sport following his death at the age of 59 in 2002. earlier his daughteer dawn told me she welcomed the new guidelines. this is a major issue in the game with footballers dying of dementia, we have got the police now. that has to deal with it. —— we have got the proof now. the game is different than in your dad's name. my dad,

following his death, his team—mate said it was relentless in training. that was his strength, he probably headed more goals than with his feet. alan shearer actually said when he did the documentary, football, dementia and me, he said for every headed goal he had practised it a hundred times in training. the field study showed that they are 3.5 times more likely to get dementia, 350% increase in real terms in risk, was done on professionals. we would like to see limits being put on professionals heading for bills in their training sessions as well. heading is very much part of the game and children need to learn how to do it. it is not going to stop their enjoyment at the game. they will still want to go and play football. hopefully what it will do is reduce the risk of the

brain trauma. god forbid, if they make it to professionals, they do not end up dying of dementia like my dad and hundreds, perhaps thousands of other dads and husbands out there. thank you to dawn forjoining me earlier today. liverpool aren't used to losing these days, but tonight they're in the rare position of coming off a defeat after tuesday's 1—0 champions league loss to atletico madrid. tonight they face struggling west ham at anfield, asjurgen klopp's side bid for their 18th consecutive premer league win, having dropped only two points all season. they will be however without captainjordan henderson — he's out with a ham string injury. as for west ham, they're currently sitting in 18th, one point adrift of safety — with some incredibly difficult games on the horizon after tonights trip to anfield. so should hammers fans be preparing themselves for the drop? well, former west ham goalkeeper rob greenjoins me now.

thank you forjoining us. i mention they have a lot of difficult matches on the horizon, arsenal, spurs, chelsea, from your point of view, they have got big problems, haven't they? it will be a tough ask. they played man city last week and the positive was the goal difference was not too bad in their defeat and that was positive. it has been a long time since they won, david moyes has come in, when initially but since thenit come in, when initially but since then it has been a difficult time. he is cutting a forlorn figure, david moyes, and he's not coming up with answers now. there is no get test in answer right now. where do you think it has all gone wrong? you can't say they have not had the investment there. they lost four strikers last season, and replace them with one. that is a big gamble to go with one main striker up front on his own. he's shown that he can

do it in patches and games, but overall has not cut it in his recently been dropped. they have gone again in the january transfer window, panicked buyers. yet to see whether they really bear fruits for west ham. you have been in teams that have struggled. what can he do at this point, if anything, to try and ensure they stay up? it's a really difficult situation. you look at the players on the pitch, you can see the confidence go from the team, there have been games and they've gonein there have been games and they've gone in front, conceded and the confidence just falls away from the whole side. when that happens, it is a really tough ask. you asking them to play better but also make the m ista kes to play better but also make the mistakes as well. not make mistakes that i have been making. it is a really tough dilemma for someone like david moyes but they will have to turn it around and do it against teams. do they stand any chance

tonight at anfield? is going to be one of the upsets in premier league history if they turn around and when this tonight, one that again it will probably walk away happy with another 2—0 defeat. thank you forjoining us. couple of other stories to bring you up to date with. one of the top officials in charge of var says the video assistant referee made the "wrong call" by failing to send off tottenham's giovani lo celso against chelsea. chris foy says it was "human error" by official david coote. it's expected that inter milan will play their europa league game against ludogorets on thursday behind closed doors, because of the spread of coronavirus. inter were one of four serie a teams to postpone their league games over the weekend. it's also affecting rugby union. the games that 0spreys and ulster were scheduled to play in the pro 1a this weekend have been postponed. italy has the largest number of cases of the virus in europe,