:00:07. > :00:08.Good morning, I'm here with your first Newsround
:00:09. > :00:12.First up, the man in charge of our education, Michael Gove,
:00:13. > :00:16.has said he wants to make sure there's no child who leaves school
:00:17. > :00:21.He says it?s just as important for kids to read and write
:00:22. > :00:25.as it is for them to get clean water and be protected from diseases.
:00:26. > :00:27.This may mean teachers test kids in Year 1.
:00:28. > :00:29.It?s part of the government wanting everyone
:00:30. > :00:36.Next, it's the addictive, yet simple game that keeps hundreds of millions
:00:37. > :00:41.We're talking about Tetris and this week it turned 30 years old.
:00:42. > :00:44.Ricky has been taking a look back at where it started
:00:45. > :00:49.It's a game of moving around different shapes made out
:00:50. > :00:53.of four blocks, to fill a full line, which in turn disappears.
:00:54. > :00:56.It's a simple idea, but 30 years after it was first developed,
:00:57. > :01:13.I have been playing it for 25 years. I love it. I feel really relaxed
:01:14. > :01:24.when I play it. I am completely passionate about the game.
:01:25. > :01:26.Alexey Pajitnov decided on its name by combining
:01:27. > :01:32.Its popularity soon spread and in 1989 the Nintendo Gameboy launched
:01:33. > :01:36.The handheld console sold around 35 million copies.
:01:37. > :01:43.Even now you can still play Tetris on your phones or tablets.
:01:44. > :01:47.But after all these years, why has the game remained so popular?
:01:48. > :01:54.It is the simplicity. Modern games are very absorbing and
:01:55. > :01:59.time-consuming but something like Tetris you can pick up and play for
:02:00. > :02:00.ten minutes and if you wanted to you can play for hours because it is
:02:01. > :02:04.addictive. Its catchy tune might
:02:05. > :02:06.have helped too. To celebrate its 30th year, the game
:02:07. > :02:09.reached new heights by being played A veteran soldier who wanted to go
:02:10. > :02:15.to the commemorations of D-Day in France but couldn't get
:02:16. > :02:18.a place on an organised trip decided to pack up his medals and go
:02:19. > :02:21.anyway, without telling anyone. Bernard Jordan, who's 90 years old,
:02:22. > :02:24.wanted to go to the anniversary service
:02:25. > :02:27.so much that he left his nursing He sang with some singers
:02:28. > :02:32.on the ferry and said the day was Next, it's the final of
:02:33. > :02:38.Britain's Got Talent tonight. Cheryl Cole will be performing her
:02:39. > :02:42.new single and the 11 finalists will So we want to know who
:02:43. > :02:48.you want to win and why. Head over to
:02:49. > :02:52.the website now to let us know. That's all from me,
:02:53. > :02:59.Newsround's back just before noon.