09/03/2018 Newsround

Dominic Solanke and Joel Matip.

We'll also reveal the winners

of this week's Top Tekkers.

Will it be Anthony Martial

or Roberto Firmino?

See you!

Hi, Ayshah here with your

Friday morning Newsround.

And it's a big day for sport fans -

the opening ceremony

for the Winter Paralympics

in PyeongChang is

later this morning.

It will be the largest ever

Winter Paralympics, with a record

567 athletes competing.

Team GB are taking part in five

sports and have an ambitious target

to meet, aiming to scoop between six

and twelve medals.

Of course, we'll be keeping you up

to date with all of the highlights

from the Games over

the next ten days.

Next, it's six months

since Hurricane Irma swept

across the Caribbean islands.

It was the worst hurricane

there's ever been.

BBC reporter Paul Blake is visiting

the British Virgin Islands to find

out how the area's recovering.

Hey, Newsround. Over the last six

months, people in the British Virgin

Islands have been busy rebuilding

and cleaning up after Hurricane

Irma. The hurricane spread a lot of

debris and rubbish all across the

island. It's a people's houses,

boats, cars. Workers have been busy

collecting it and moving it to a

dump -- bits of peoples houses. Lots

of houses and offices are still

damaged and builders are working

every day to try to repair them.

All the schoolkids are back in

class, many are attending schools

that are not their own because their

classrooms are still damaged.

Many people here hope the workers

can start to repairs and school

buildings soon.

Lots of progress has been made on

the British Virgin Islands but there

is a lot of work to do. The next

hurricane season begins in less than

three months and people here say

they want to be as prepared as

possible for the next storm.

Thanks, Paul.

Sport now and Arsenal surprised

everyone with their form against AC

Milan in the Europa League last

night.

They won 2-0 in Italy,

with Henrik Mkhitaryan

and Aaron Ramsey scoring the goals.

That's their frist victory after

a run of four defeats in a row.

They'll play the second

leg of the match at

the Emirates next Thursday.

And in tennis, Serena's back!

She's returned to the women's tour

and has just won her first

match at the Indian Wells

tournament in America.

Serena took a year off to have her

baby girl Alexis Olympia.

How do we get rid of

plastics in our oceans?

It's a problem that

lots of you care about -

and it's had a huge amount

of attention recently.

Well, there's a new project

which is trying to help.

Dan's in Brighton

for us this morning.

Hi, Dan.

Good morning. Look at the amount of

plastic we found on the beach this

morning. Look at all that rubbish

that has been collected in the last

hour or so. There is a new project

to try to clean up the beaches, get

rid of the plastic using one of

these, a drone camera. The idea is

people can take pictures of the

beach, click where it is and get it

cleaned up. Eddie is flying the

drone, is it that simple?

Yes, we

need everybody whether young, old,

scientist not a scientist, to log in

and help us by tagging the plastics

in the images. We are part of

British Science Week running until

the 18th of March. If you can speak

to your school and teachers, get

your class to log on and tag, it is

a fun game and you can help us to

map the plastics the country.

Will

that clean up our beaches?

It builds

a map of where the plastic is, we

can send volunteers and local

councils to send resources to

collect the plastic.

Laura, you are

with the Marine Conservation

Association?

We found 780 bits of

litter per hundred metres, that is

huge. We can do very simple steps,

do you need a straw? Most people

don't. Renee campaign, say I do not

need to be taking this straw, local

businesses can do the same.

Nice to talk to you this morning,

thanks, guys. The issue of plastics

is a huge problem. Lots of debate on

how we can cut down the amount of

rubbish in the sea and on the

beaches.

Thank you. That is all we have from

our BBC reporter.

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