:00:10. > :00:16.Good morning - Ricky here with all your top stories this Thursday.
:00:17. > :00:20.This photo of Her Majesty with her five great-grandchildren
:00:21. > :00:24.and two of her grandkids has been released -
:00:25. > :00:28.as well as this one of the Queen and her dogs at Windsor Castle -
:00:29. > :00:31.where she will be doing a walkabout later to kick off celebrations.
:00:32. > :00:34.Well, Ayshah's been looking at some of the big events that have happened
:00:35. > :00:44.Clothes looked like this, people dacnced like this,
:00:45. > :00:49.1930s, the Queen's father became king
:00:50. > :00:56.1940s, people thought of the Queen would be sent away
:00:57. > :01:05.1950s, Elizabeth goes from Princess to Queen
:01:06. > :01:12.A guy called Elvis was also rocking up the pop chart.
:01:13. > :01:14.1960s, the Queen has a growing family.
:01:15. > :01:18.First, Charles, Anne and Andrew, then Edward.
:01:19. > :01:25.1970s, the Queen celebrates her Silver Jubilee.
:01:26. > :01:29.1980s, big hair, dodgy clothes and bad music.
:01:30. > :01:33.Princes William and Harry are also '80s babies.
:01:34. > :01:36.1990s, Windsor Castle went up in flames
:01:37. > :01:39.and Diana, Princess of Wales, William and Harry's mum,
:01:40. > :01:45.was tragically killed in a car crash in Paris.
:01:46. > :01:49.The new millennium, 2002 was the Queen's Golden Jubillee.
:01:50. > :01:50.Barack Obama became President of America
:01:51. > :01:54.and David Cameron the UK's Prime Minister.
:01:55. > :02:00.To the decade you all know so well,
:02:01. > :02:02.a big royal wedding for Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge
:02:03. > :02:04.and London hosted the 2012 Olympics.
:02:05. > :02:06.That is the Queen's 90 years in 90 seconds,
:02:07. > :02:11.so all that is left to say is happy birthday to you, Ma'am.
:02:12. > :02:14.In other news, Liverpool thrashed Everton 4-0 last night
:02:15. > :02:19.The opening goal came from Divock Origi.
:02:20. > :02:23.But he was later taken off on a stretcher after a nasty challenge
:02:24. > :02:26.from Everton's Ramiro Funes Mori - who was sent off.
:02:27. > :02:31.Elsewhere, Man United and West Ham won their games.
:02:32. > :02:33.We know loads of you love your footy,
:02:34. > :02:36.but basketball is one of the most popular sports for kids
:02:37. > :02:40.Now children in three cities in England can play
:02:41. > :02:43.in their own junior NBA basketball leagues for schools.
:02:44. > :02:45.Martin's been finding out why the sport is becoming
:02:46. > :02:59.I love basketball, so I have come to this National basketball Performance
:03:00. > :03:07.Centre in Manchester to see what the kids are up to. These guys are
:03:08. > :03:11.playing in the finals of the junior NBA basketball England league, which
:03:12. > :03:17.started two years ago. 120 schools take part and these guys love it. It
:03:18. > :03:20.is normally football at our age, but we have been doing basketball and I
:03:21. > :03:26.have been quite enjoying it so I'm going to carry on doing basketball.
:03:27. > :03:29.It is not like where only one person has the ball, everyone has the ball
:03:30. > :03:32.because if you have the full, you are going to get tackled easily so
:03:33. > :03:37.you have to keep passing it around and it is a team effort. Helping the
:03:38. > :03:42.teams is a former NBA star. He has played for some of the biggest teams
:03:43. > :03:48.in the US, including the LA Lakers and the Chicago Bulls and he is keen
:03:49. > :03:52.to spread the word about his favourite sport. Just like people
:03:53. > :03:55.don't play football in the US, people don't play basketball here in
:03:56. > :03:59.the UK and it is something we are trying to change. He shouldn't go in
:04:00. > :04:06.a game if you are dreaming of becoming a superstar. When I was
:04:07. > :04:10.having fun with the guys my age. I think basketball is a great game, a
:04:11. > :04:13.great game with a lot of dynamics and which can change quickly. One
:04:14. > :04:18.thing organisers hope to change is getting more kids playing
:04:19. > :04:23.basketball. You should try it, it is a really good sport and really fun
:04:24. > :04:26.and if you get some of your friends to go down to just a net, then you
:04:27. > :04:27.can play like matches with each other.
:04:28. > :04:32.Next up, singer Adele has been named Britain's richest female musician.
:04:33. > :04:39.The Sunday Times Newspaper claims the singer is worth around
:04:40. > :04:42.The 27-year-old, who released her third album last November,
:04:43. > :04:50.is also top of the Young Music Rich List.
:04:51. > :04:55.That's all from me - Newsround's back here in half an hour.