david shukman, bbc news.recycling in 2018. thank you so much for watching newsday. i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we look at how renault is using virtual reality to take the stress out of driving. 0h, oh, that would be nice, wouldn't it, rico? before we go, we have been talking about the real cold spell across the united states. well, as disruptive as this extreme weather tends to be, you've got to look at that, it looks stunning, doesn't it, images of niagara falls, at which have frozen over, parts of which, at least, have frozen over, and they look beautiful. a very windy, stormy night for some, and certainly a stormy start to wednesday. the met office amber be prepared warnings for the wind likely to go during the early hours of wednesday. we are likely to see disruptions, power cuts, trees down in places because of this, storm eleanor, which brought in very strong winds across parts of ireland during tuesday evening. it's continuing its journey eastwards. tightly packed isoba rs across most of

david shukman, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.1500 barriers to prevent terror. these bollards form pa rt prevent terror. these bollards form part ofan prevent terror. these bollards form part of an investment to improve the security of high profile areas of new york. a canadian man who was freed from captivity in afghanistan in october has been arrested and charged with assault and unlawful confinement. joshua boyle, his wife and three children had been held prisoner for five years by a taliban—linked group. the alleged offences took place after their return to canada. mr boyle's lawyer says his client will contest the charges. six people have been killed in an explosion in northern italy. footage shows firefighters tackling the vast blaze, which erupted when a truck hit a family car in the back of a tanker, which then exploded. the truck driver was killed, the tanker driver survived. with the new year well underway, we look ahead to 2018 and what will be the most pressing health stories to watch out. 0ur health correspondent tuli

david shukman, bbc news.u havejust given me a new you have just given me a new years resolution, more recycling in 2018. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. could this be the future of cars? we look at how renault is using virtual reality to take the stress out of driving. hgppy happy new year to all our viewers, and you as well. happy new year to you as well. a good nilla's resolution. —— new year's resolution. and just before we go, parts of the us are experiencing a record—breaking cold spell. and as disruptive as such extreme weather tends to be, it does look stunning. a very windy stormy night for some and a stormy start to wednesday. the met office and the deep report at —— be prepared warnings for the wind likely to go during the early hours of wednesday. we are likely to see disruptions, power cuts, trees down in places because of this, storm eleanor, which brought in very strong winds across parts of ireland during tuesday evening. it is continuing its journey east was. the highly packed ic

david shukman, bbc news.london over the christmas period have charged a 31 year old man with murder. kasim lewis will appear in court tomorrow. the body ofjuliana tudo, who was 22 and worked in a pub, was discovered in finsbury park last wednesday. she had disappeared while walking home in north london on christmas eve. the former england footballer, trevor sinclair, has admitted racially abusing a policeman who'd arrested him for drink—driving. sinclair — here in the grey suit — was sentenced to 150 hours' community service at blackpool magistrates court. he's been banned from driving for 20 months. scientists in oxford have developed a system which can diagnose some diseases more accurately than doctors. it uses artificial intelligence to analyse scans and in clinical trials it outperformed human specialists for lung cancer and coronary heart disease. the technique could save the nhs billions of pounds through early diagnosis. here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. scans are modern medical miracles

david shukman, bbc news.l authority with the highest recycling rate in england at 65.a% for the last financial year. good evening, thank you for being with us. the national average aca5.1%. how do you do that? with us. the national average acas.1%. how do you do that? we focus on a consistent message. we give credit to the people who do the recycling which is the residence, it isn't the council who do the recycling, we just put in the facilities and infrastructure for them but it is the residents who do them but it is the residents who do the recycling and in this area they are fantastic. we keep it simple. those are the key messages. womack and you continually reinforce how important it is for people to recycle ? important it is for people to recycle? we don't need to do much of that, in fairness. we are very much pushing an open door. residents around here and across the country are around here and across the country a re really around here and across the country are really concerned to make sure that they

almost half of what britain recycles has been sent to china. 0ur science editor david shukman reportsell, great streams of it are sorted in giant centres like this one in south—east london. the tins are extracted by magnet and are sold to food and drink manufacturers. a vigorous shake separates bottles from paper and cardboard. they're also in demand. the machines then try to pick out the plastic. the bags make this much harder. but if all this can be sorted, it can be sold on, and the biggest market has been china, until now. this is the tip of the iceberg of what we all send off for recycling. and what the chinese have done is said that they're no longer going to accept anything that's difficult to handle. so, anything that's dirty, or this kind of thin plastic that's hard to recycle. in fact, a mix of different types of plastic. and this has sent shockwaves through the recycling industry. already, huge bundles of recycling turned down by china are piling up in hong kong. and mountains of unwanted plastic waste may build up in britain. i think it's a game—changer for the uk. i think