:00:00. > :00:00.Hi, I'm Ricky, with all you need to know this Thursday.
:00:07. > :00:10.Why these kids are choosing basketball over footy.
:00:11. > :00:24.And Adele is named Britain's richest female music star.
:00:25. > :00:27.First - it's a very happy birthday to the Queen, who turns 90 today.
:00:28. > :00:31.This photo of Her Majesty with her five great-grandchildren
:00:32. > :00:35.and two of her grandkids has been released - as well as this one
:00:36. > :00:38.of the Queen and her dogs at Windsor Castle -
:00:39. > :00:43.where she will be doing a walkabout later to kick off celebrations.
:00:44. > :00:50.The BBC's Carol Kirkwood spoke to some kids there this morning.
:00:51. > :01:02.We sang for the Queen at the bandstand. We sang lots of songs. I
:01:03. > :01:08.am going to see the beacon lighting today. Have you got a message for
:01:09. > :01:09.the Queen on her birthday? Happy birthday!
:01:10. > :01:13.Well, Ayshah's been looking at some of the big events that have happened
:01:14. > :01:18.Clothes looked like this, people dacnced like this,
:01:19. > :01:20.1930s, the Queen's father became king
:01:21. > :01:28.1940s, people thought of the Queen would be sent away
:01:29. > :01:30.1940s, people thought the Queen would be sent away
:01:31. > :01:40.1950s, Elizabeth goes from Princess to Queen
:01:41. > :01:44.A guy called Elvis was also rocking up the pop chart.
:01:45. > :01:46.1960s, the Queen has a growing family.
:01:47. > :01:50.First, Charles, Anne and Andrew, then Edward.
:01:51. > :01:56.1970s, the Queen celebrates her Silver Jubilee.
:01:57. > :02:01.1980s, big hair, dodgy clothes and bad music.
:02:02. > :02:04.Princes William and Harry are also '80s babies.
:02:05. > :02:07.1990s, Windsor Castle went up in flames
:02:08. > :02:11.and Diana, Princess of Wales, William and Harry's mum,
:02:12. > :02:15.was tragically killed in a car crash in Paris.
:02:16. > :02:20.The new millennium, 2002 was the Queen's Golden Jubillee.
:02:21. > :02:22.Barack Obama became President of America
:02:23. > :02:26.and David Cameron the UK's Prime Minister.
:02:27. > :02:28.To the decade you all know so well,
:02:29. > :02:31.a big royal wedding for Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge
:02:32. > :02:35.and London hosted the 2012 Olympics.
:02:36. > :02:37.That is the Queen's 90 years in 90 seconds,
:02:38. > :02:43.so all that is left to say is happy birthday to you, Ma'am.
:02:44. > :02:45.Next up, imagine knowing all the answers to a test
:02:46. > :02:51.Well that's what happened to a group of primary school kids in England.
:02:52. > :02:53.A SATs spelling test which was going to be given to
:02:54. > :02:57.half a million seven-year-olds was accidentally published online.
:02:58. > :03:01.A teacher at one school taking part in an official trial of the test
:03:02. > :03:09.noticed that all the kids seemed to know which words were coming next.
:03:10. > :03:11.The Government is investigating what happened.
:03:12. > :03:13.In other news, Liverpool thrashed Everton 4-0 last night
:03:14. > :03:16.The opening goal came from Divock Origi.
:03:17. > :03:21.a nasty challenge from Everton's Ramiro Funes Mori later on
:03:22. > :03:26.meant he had to be taken off on a stretcher
:03:27. > :03:28.And Manchester United are just one point outside
:03:29. > :03:32.the Premier League top four - after beating Crystal Palace 2-0.
:03:33. > :03:35.Damian Delaney scored this own goal
:03:36. > :03:43.- before Matteo Darmian netted his first one for United
:03:44. > :03:48.We know loads of you love your footy,
:03:49. > :03:51.but basketball is one of the most popular sports for kids
:03:52. > :03:54.Now children in three cities in England can play
:03:55. > :03:58.in their own junior NBA basketball leagues for schools.
:03:59. > :04:00.Martin's been finding out why the sport is becoming
:04:01. > :04:07.I love basketball, so I have come to this National Basketball
:04:08. > :04:13.Performance Centre in Manchester to see what the kids are up to.
:04:14. > :04:16.These guys are playing in the finals of the junior NBA
:04:17. > :04:20.Basketball England League, which started two years ago.
:04:21. > :04:24.120 schools take part and these guys love it.
:04:25. > :04:29.It is normally football at our age, but we have been doing basketball
:04:30. > :04:32.so I'm going to carry on doing basketball.
:04:33. > :04:35.It is not like where only one person has the ball,
:04:36. > :04:40.because if you have the ball, you are going to get tackled easily
:04:41. > :04:44.so you have to keep passing it around and it is a team effort.
:04:45. > :04:46.Helping the teams is a former NBA star,
:04:47. > :04:51.of the biggest teams in the US, including the LA Lakers
:04:52. > :04:57.and he is keen to spread the word about his favourite sport.
:04:58. > :05:02.Just like people don't play football in the US,
:05:03. > :05:06.people don't play basketball here in the UK
:05:07. > :05:08.and it is something we are trying to change.
:05:09. > :05:11.You shouldn't go into the game if you are dreaming
:05:12. > :05:21.When I was having young, it was having fun with the guys my age.
:05:22. > :05:24.I think basketball is a great game, a great game with a lot of dynamics
:05:25. > :05:27.One thing organisers hope to change is getting
:05:28. > :05:32.You should try it, it is a really good sport and really fun
:05:33. > :05:35.and if you get some of your friends to go down to just a net,
:05:36. > :05:40.then you can play like matches with each other.
:05:41. > :05:42.And head online to check out Martin take on Vladimir in a special
:05:43. > :05:51.And from the NBA league to the music rich league.
:05:52. > :05:52.Singer Adele has been named Britain's richest ever
:05:53. > :05:57.The Sunday Times Newspaper claims the singer is worth around
:05:58. > :06:00.That's all from me - Newsround's back here at 4:20.