:00:07. > :00:07.Let's get Saturday's stories for you.
:00:08. > :00:10.Ayshah here with the build up to the FA cup semi finals, and
:00:11. > :00:21.we find out when the Doctor's new companion will be revealed.
:00:22. > :00:24.First, it's a big weekend for William Shakespeare fans.
:00:25. > :00:26.It's 400 years since the death of the country's best
:00:27. > :00:31.But why should we still care about him?
:00:32. > :00:44.Without even knowing it, we owe quite a lot of the language we use
:00:45. > :00:49.today to William Shakespeare. It's thought he came up with words like
:00:50. > :00:55.excellent, gloomy and even coined the phrase batch and inch. You don't
:00:56. > :01:00.have to understand all of his language. What I love about him is
:01:01. > :01:04.if you get a grasp for characters, you're pretty much halfway there.
:01:05. > :01:07.That's happening at this school in Cheshire. They are tackling one of
:01:08. > :01:15.his more complicated tragedies, Lear.
:01:16. > :01:18.This class are part of the children's Shakespeare Festival.
:01:19. > :01:24.They are rehearsing for a big performance and some have -- has
:01:25. > :01:28.never heard of William Shakespeare before now. It's just incredible how
:01:29. > :01:32.long his plays have been going on for. Until about seven years old, I
:01:33. > :01:38.didn't really know about, who Shakespeare was. What I find
:01:39. > :01:43.impressive is the fact that he wrote around 38 plays and created 1000
:01:44. > :01:47.words. Shakespeare really neat -- made a name for himself when he
:01:48. > :01:51.travelled to London. One man who knows pretty much everything about
:01:52. > :01:55.Shakespeare is author Michael Rosen. Across from primary school once told
:01:56. > :01:59.me the thing about Shakespeare is you get to the big stuff really
:02:00. > :02:05.quickly. You get his stuff like love and death and greed and jealousy and
:02:06. > :02:11.hate all those big things, and you get to them really quickly. For
:02:12. > :02:15.these children, the hope is, 400 years on from today everyone still
:02:16. > :02:17.will be talking about Britain's best-known playwright.
:02:18. > :02:19.Next, it's FA Cup semi-finals weekend and it's Everton
:02:20. > :02:21.and Manchester United battling it out today.
:02:22. > :02:23.Both teams have a successful history in the FA Cup,
:02:24. > :02:26.but the last two times they've both met in the semi-finals,
:02:27. > :02:35.And Doctor Who fans will have to tune into that FA Cup semi-final
:02:36. > :02:38.today to find out who will be the Time Lord's new companion.
:02:39. > :02:40.Actress and current companion Jenna Coleman is leaving
:02:41. > :02:51.and the new face will be revealed live on BBC
:02:52. > :03:00.That's all for now, I'll be back just after midday