16/02/2018 Newsround

Hi, I'm Ayshah with your

final Newsround update

this Friday afternoon.

It's Chinese New Year!

And one thing you might associate

with the celebrations is fireworks.

But in cities around China,

they've been banned.

Here's why.

People around the world love

to beckon in the New Year

with big firework displays,

and Chinese New Year

is no different.

But no, not this year I'm afraid.

Instead, the Year of the Dog has got

off to a very quiet start.

Fireworks have been banned

in China's capital city of Beijing,

and in more than 400 other areas.

It's because of concerns

about the way they pollute the air.

Pollution levels are high in China,

and low air quality often causes

a problem for the people

who live there.

Pollution is especially bad in

the busy and populated capital city.

The ban has made life difficult

for some firework sellers

who haven't been able to make enough

money from sales.

Some people who have been desperate

to see fireworks have been driven

out of the city to areas

where they are being let off.

TRANSLATION:

Ever since

I was little, I remember really

looking forward to this time,

and tonight I suppose

I didn't want to miss out.

Then I read online that people

are allowed to sell them here,

and I came from the city.

I drove more than 30 kilometres.

But despite the ban,

China is still determined

to celebrate in style.

Amazing light shows are taking place

in cities all around the country,

lighting buildings and landmarks.

So even though it's quieter

than usual, happy New Year for 2018,

the Year of the Dog.

Head online to find out

which Chinese Zodiac animal

you are - I'm a Tiger.

To the Winter Olympics next,

and great news from Pyeongchang.

A first medal for Team GB!

Dom Parsons scooped bronze

in the skeleton bob in the early

hours of this morning.

We caught up with him

soon afterwards.

I feel like I'm in a bit

of a dream at the moment.

It doesn't quite seem real yet.

I couldn't believe it, really.

I went from devastation to...

It wasn't elation straightaway,

it was more trying to make sure it

had actually happened,

and that I was in the

bronze medal position.

No, I haven't had time yet.

I've caught up on WhatsApp

messages, but that's

as far as I've got so far.

I've had a message from my great

aunt and from my sister.

Apparently my great aunt stayed up

to watch both the runs,

so she's probably lacking

a bit of sleep.

That's going to be something that

I'll definitely hang on to.

Maybe the panel will go up

on a wall or something.

I was about 20 years

old when I started skeleton.

Pretty clueless about the whole

thing, to be honest.

It was brutally cold

when we first arrived here.

It was getting close

to -20 overnight.

That's let up a little bit more

recently, so it's not quite as cold.

But it can really bite

you, the cold here.

Football next, and Scotland

have named Alex McLeish

as their new manager.

It's the second time

he'll take on the job.

He signs a deal to manage

the national side until 2020.

He replaces Gordon Strachan,

who left the job in October

after Scotland did not qualify

for the World Cup.

A team from Chester Zoo is trying

to save wild orangutans

in the country of Borneo

in South-east Asia.

They re doing it by repairing

bits of the forest that

have been damaged.

The BBC s Victoria Gill has

been finding out more.

Zoo programmes like this

preserve small populations

of Bornean orangutans.

But in the wild, they're being

pushed rapidly towards extinction.

Their rainforest home

continues to be cleared

for agriculture and mining.

Scientists estimate

the deforestation alone could wipe

out another 45,000 orangutans

here in the next three decades.

But this bridge building project

is a much-needed sign of hope.

Where the forest is fragmented,

a team from Chester Zoo

and the Malaysian charity Hutan

is physically reconnecting it

with tough polyester straps.

This remarkable footage captured

by a tourist is the project's

first sign of success.

To actually see them using them,

and see them moving more

freely across this habitat

that is so fragmented,

is a really positive sign.

This is very much

a short-term solution.

The long-term solution

is to reforest the area.

Thanks for watching!

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