0:00:13 > 0:00:15Hi, I'm Ayshah with your final Newsround update
0:00:15 > 0:00:17this Friday afternoon.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18It's Chinese New Year!
0:00:18 > 0:00:22And one thing you might associate with the celebrations is fireworks.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24But in cities around China, they've been banned.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27Here's why.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29People around the world love to beckon in the New Year
0:00:29 > 0:00:31with big firework displays, and Chinese New Year
0:00:31 > 0:00:34is no different.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36But no, not this year I'm afraid.
0:00:36 > 0:00:43Instead, the Year of the Dog has got off to a very quiet start.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Fireworks have been banned in China's capital city of Beijing,
0:00:46 > 0:00:49and in more than 400 other areas.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52It's because of concerns about the way they pollute the air.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Pollution levels are high in China, and low air quality often causes
0:00:55 > 0:00:59a problem for the people who live there.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04Pollution is especially bad in the busy and populated capital city.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07The ban has made life difficult for some firework sellers
0:01:07 > 0:01:10who haven't been able to make enough money from sales.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Some people who have been desperate to see fireworks have been driven
0:01:13 > 0:01:18out of the city to areas where they are being let off.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20TRANSLATION:Ever since I was little, I remember really
0:01:20 > 0:01:22looking forward to this time, and tonight I suppose
0:01:22 > 0:01:24I didn't want to miss out.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Then I read online that people are allowed to sell them here,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29and I came from the city.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I drove more than 30 kilometres.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33But despite the ban, China is still determined
0:01:33 > 0:01:35to celebrate in style.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Amazing light shows are taking place in cities all around the country,
0:01:38 > 0:01:42lighting buildings and landmarks.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44So even though it's quieter than usual, happy New Year for 2018,
0:01:44 > 0:01:51the Year of the Dog.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Head online to find out which Chinese Zodiac animal
0:01:53 > 0:01:57you are - I'm a Tiger.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00To the Winter Olympics next, and great news from Pyeongchang.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02A first medal for Team GB!
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Dom Parsons scooped bronze in the skeleton bob in the early
0:02:04 > 0:02:05hours of this morning.
0:02:05 > 0:02:13We caught up with him soon afterwards.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I feel like I'm in a bit of a dream at the moment.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17It doesn't quite seem real yet.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I couldn't believe it, really.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20I went from devastation to...
0:02:20 > 0:02:24It wasn't elation straightaway, it was more trying to make sure it
0:02:24 > 0:02:28had actually happened, and that I was in the
0:02:28 > 0:02:33bronze medal position.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35No, I haven't had time yet.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I've caught up on WhatsApp messages, but that's
0:02:37 > 0:02:40as far as I've got so far.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I've had a message from my great aunt and from my sister.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Apparently my great aunt stayed up to watch both the runs,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50so she's probably lacking a bit of sleep.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55That's going to be something that I'll definitely hang on to.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Maybe the panel will go up on a wall or something.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I was about 20 years old when I started skeleton.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06Pretty clueless about the whole thing, to be honest.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08It was brutally cold when we first arrived here.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10It was getting close to -20 overnight.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13That's let up a little bit more recently, so it's not quite as cold.
0:03:13 > 0:03:21But it can really bite you, the cold here.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Football next, and Scotland have named Alex McLeish
0:03:24 > 0:03:28as their new manager.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30It's the second time he'll take on the job.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33He signs a deal to manage the national side until 2020.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35He replaces Gordon Strachan, who left the job in October
0:03:35 > 0:03:39after Scotland did not qualify for the World Cup.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41A team from Chester Zoo is trying to save wild orangutans
0:03:41 > 0:03:45in the country of Borneo in South-east Asia.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48They re doing it by repairing bits of the forest that
0:03:48 > 0:03:49have been damaged.
0:03:49 > 0:03:57The BBC s Victoria Gill has been finding out more.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Zoo programmes like this preserve small populations
0:03:59 > 0:04:00of Bornean orangutans.
0:04:00 > 0:04:06But in the wild, they're being pushed rapidly towards extinction.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Their rainforest home continues to be cleared
0:04:08 > 0:04:09for agriculture and mining.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Scientists estimate the deforestation alone could wipe
0:04:11 > 0:04:18out another 45,000 orangutans here in the next three decades.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22But this bridge building project is a much-needed sign of hope.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Where the forest is fragmented, a team from Chester Zoo
0:04:24 > 0:04:27and the Malaysian charity Hutan is physically reconnecting it
0:04:27 > 0:04:31with tough polyester straps.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34This remarkable footage captured by a tourist is the project's
0:04:34 > 0:04:40first sign of success.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43To actually see them using them, and see them moving more
0:04:43 > 0:04:45freely across this habitat that is so fragmented,
0:04:45 > 0:04:47is a really positive sign.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50This is very much a short-term solution.
0:04:50 > 0:04:56The long-term solution is to reforest the area.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57Thanks for watching!
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Newsround's back in the morning.