0:00:04 > 0:00:05Good afternoon!
0:00:05 > 0:00:11I'm Jenny, live with all the news you need to know this Friday!
0:00:11 > 0:00:15You won't want to miss all this.
0:00:15 > 0:00:15Rooney,
0:00:15 > 0:00:15Rooney, what
0:00:15 > 0:00:15Rooney, what a
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Rooney, what a goal!
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The kids hoping to be the next big sport commentating stars.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21And from stars to the skies, the record-breaking solar
0:00:21 > 0:00:25plane takes off again.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35First, it's a big weekend for William Shakespeare fans.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37As celebrations kick off to remember 400 years since the death of
0:00:37 > 0:00:39the country's best-known playwright.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41He's the man behind famous plays like Romeo and Juliet,
0:00:41 > 0:00:42and A Midsummer's Night Dream.
0:00:42 > 0:00:48Leah's been finding out why Shakespeare really is for everyone.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Without even knowing it, we owe quite a lot of the language
0:00:54 > 0:00:59we use today to William Shakespeare.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03It's thought he came up with words like excellent, gloomy,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06and even coined the phrase "budge an inch."
0:01:06 > 0:01:08The thing is with Shakespeare, you don't have to understand
0:01:08 > 0:01:09all of his language.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13What I love about him is, if you get a grasp of characters and themes,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15you're pretty much halfway there.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19And that's happening at this school in Cheshire.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Kids are tackling one of his more complicated tragedies, King Lear.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26I'll trick him into thinking that Father hates him.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29This class are part of the children's Shakespeare Festival.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34They're rehearsing for a big performance at Manchester's Exchange
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Theatre, and some had never heard of William Shakespeare before now.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41It's just incredible how long his plays have been going on for.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Until about seven years old, I didn't really know about,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48I didn't know who Shakespeare was.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52What I find impressive is the fact that he wrote around 38 plays
0:01:52 > 0:01:53and created 1,000 words.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Shakespeare really made a name for himself when he travelled
0:01:56 > 0:01:58to London, and one man who knows pretty much everything
0:01:58 > 0:02:04about Shakespeare is author Michael Rosen.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07A girl from a primary school once told me, she said, the thing
0:02:07 > 0:02:10about Shakespeare is, you get to the big stuff really quickly.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14You get to stuff like love and death and greed and jealousy and hate,
0:02:14 > 0:02:21all those big feelings, and you get to them really quickly.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23For these children, the hope is, 400 years on from today,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25everyone will still be talking about Britain's
0:02:25 > 0:02:29best-known playwright.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Thanks, Leah.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Time for a quick round-up of some other big stories.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40The company that owns Alton Towers has admitted breaking Health
0:02:40 > 0:02:43and Safety laws over the Smiler rollercoaster crash last June,
0:02:43 > 0:02:44when five people were seriously hurt.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49Merlin Attractions has been told it might have to pay a big fine.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51A Sats spelling test, due to be taken by half-a-million
0:02:51 > 0:02:53seven year olds in England next month, has been scrapped.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56It's after it was accidentally put online as a practice
0:02:56 > 0:03:00paper by officials.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03And a plane that flies using only energy from the Sun has
0:03:03 > 0:03:05continued its journey around the world.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Solar Impluse 2 had to stop in Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean last
0:03:08 > 0:03:10July because of battery problems.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14But they've now been fixed.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Knowledge, enthusiasm and a passion for sport -
0:03:19 > 0:03:21just some of the things you need to be a super star
0:03:21 > 0:03:23radio commentator.
0:03:23 > 0:03:29I've been finding out how you could get yourself on the airwaves.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30Takes the shot!
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Rooney, what a goal!
0:03:31 > 0:03:35The Manchester United Number 10 does it again.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Have you ever listened to sport commentators and thought,
0:03:37 > 0:03:38I could do that?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Well, now could be your chance.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43BBC Radio 5 Live want to search the country
0:03:43 > 0:03:45for a brand-new star and, today, they have launched a
0:03:45 > 0:03:51Commentator of the Year competition.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53It's open to anyone aged 11 to 15.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56All you have to do is record yourself commentating on one of five
0:03:56 > 0:03:57key sporting moments.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59The challenge of commentating is to convey the excitement,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02drama of a great sporting moment when you know the person who's
0:04:02 > 0:04:08listening can't see any of it.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11What I would want to hear is someone who's got that natural
0:04:11 > 0:04:13enthusiasm, someone who knows what they're talking about.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16And also, what I want is a little bit of the person.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Three, two, one, action!
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Throw-in on the right side here...
0:04:21 > 0:04:23These students from Warrington are having a go.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Look at that, absolutely astonishing!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28It was quite exciting, to be honest.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29I've never done anything like this before.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I found it really nerve-wracking.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34It's not easy to think of things off the top of your head.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I've learned, like, how to approach it and what sort
0:04:37 > 0:04:38of knowledge you need.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41And you never know, the next person to pick up a mic
0:04:41 > 0:04:43like this could be you.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44What a finish!
0:04:44 > 0:04:45APPLAUSE.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50That's all from the team today, but Newsround's back,
0:04:50 > 0:04:51right here, all weekend.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Have a brilliant evening!