13/04/2012 Newsround

Hello, you are watching Newsround, Joe and Ore taking you through to

the weekend. That's right, we've got loads of stuff to tell you

about on this Friday's show, including the 50 things everyone

should try before they're 12. And the big cats making a comeback.

First to a subject lots of you feel very strongly about, smoking. Today

the Government has said it wants to change the way cigarettes look in

England to try to discourage young people from taking up the habit.

One in four children aged between 11 and 15 have tried smoking, even

though it's against the law for anyone under 18. But the government

thinks if cigarette packets looked less exciting, then it might put

Smoking could be in for a big image change. No longer will it be flash,

but boring and bland. That's if some of Britain's biggest health

charities get their way. They're calling for a change in the image

of smoking that will stop young people from trying it. According to

government figures, more than 300,000 children under the age of

16 try smoking every year, and it is hoped that by removing all the

bright colours and snazzy designs from packets like these, that

number will dramatically decrease. The government has already tried

lots of ways of stopping young people from taking up smoking. It

has raised the age you can buy cigarettes to 18, it has banned

tobacco ads on TV, and it has stopped supermarkets from putting

cigarettes on display. But many anti-smoking charities believe

packaging needs to change, too. packaging is very attractive to

young people, these ones look like Lego, very attractive colours. We

need plain packaging to promote the marketing of brands. Australia is

the only country that has so far agreed to plain packets. The

government there has decided to scrap all branding and make packets

an ugly dark olive green. But tobacco companies are against a ban

here in the UK. One of the big firms, Imperial Tobacco, says,

"Tobacco packaging has never been identified as a reason why people

start to smoke or continue to smoke." Next week the Government

will start holding talks about whether the plan is a good idea. We

won't know the results for a while, but whatever the outcome, smoking

is an issue that refuses to be stubbed out.

Now to a country that you don't hear about very often, Burma. Today

Prime Minister David Cameron is making a historic visit to the

country in Southeast Asia. Historic because he's the first British PM

to go to the country ever. He's made the trip in support of the

changes being made in a once very For many years, Burma was ruled by

military dictatorships. Life for people living there was really hard.

Many people were very poor, and foreign journalists weren't allowed

in, so it was difficult to know exactly what was going on. Anyone

who spoke out was imprisoned, but one woman who dared to make her

voice heard was Aung San Suu Kyi. Aung San Suu Kyi's father wanted

changed in Burma. He wanted to replace the military with a

government that people had voted for. When he died, his daughter

carried on the fight. But the leaders punished her for speaking

out. For 15 years she was imprisoned in her own home. She

wasn't allowed to see her sons or even visit her husband when he

became ill. Thanks to her efforts, the rest of the world took notice

of what was happening in Burma. Now a new government has taken over.

She's been able to take part in elections for the first time, and

today she met David Cameron, who The new government has started to

open up the country. Some foreign journalists are now allowed in, and

for the first time people have been able to access sites like Google on

the internet. But life is still tough in Burma.

TRANSLATION: Life is a struggle. We only eat if we can find a day's

work. We try to save money to send the children to school, but if one

of them gets ill, we need money to pay for a doctor.

For many years, countries like the US and Britain have tried to

encourage change in Burma by restricting what goods can be

bought and sold. David Cameron has now said that because the situation

in the country is improving, it's time to relax those rules. It looks

like things are going in the right direction in Burma, but the rest of

the world will be watching closely to see what happens next. Now, have

you ever climbed a tree, caught a fish or been camping in the wild?

They're just some of the 50 things people at the National Trust think

you should have done by the time you turn 11 3/4. They've made a

list of 50 activities they think kids should be trying out. So I've

been give a few of them a go. Can't wait for this! Things to do before

you are 11 and three quarters, some of them obvious, number one, climb

a tree. Number 41, eat something grown in the wild. 18, balance on a

fallen branch. I am a little bit older than 11 3/4, but there are

quite a few activities I have not tried, so I have come here near

Preston to start taking things off. Mark from the National Trust is on

hand to teach the skies have to do number five, Erskine May's don't.

What is it about skimming that it has got it on the list? It is an

activity that anyone can join in with, it is free, you can do it in

most places where you have got still water. Another thing on the

list is bug hunting, something I never really did as a kid. It

doesn't take us long to unearth some creepy-crawlies. Build a den,

that is easy, you are doing good work, keep it up! The National

Trust have published this list to get more kids outdoors. According

to a survey last year, one-third of kids have never climbed a tree. You

are 10, you have got a lot left on the list. Yes. While is it

important to do them before you are 12? They stick in your mind, and

you will have memories of childhood. Is the list a good idea? Yes, it is

a very good idea. It lets people do stuff that they have never come

round to realise. The National Trust are opening up a lot of

woodland and estates next weekend for free so you can start ticking

off activities. This one you can do anywhere, number 25, make a grass

You did not quite hit the right note! Harder than it looks. I don't

want to blow my own trumpet, but when the camera wasn't rolling,

seriously, I was playing all sorts of dunes. Finally, good news for

the world's most endangered cat. Back in 2005, the numbers of the

Iberian lynx had fallen to just 150. The cats live in Spain and Portugal,

and a plan to improve their numbers is having some success. These cats