    Chilean actor Oscar Garcés accused of sexual abuse Initially, Shephard only presented an entertainment section of the television programme before being given a promotion to the sofa in 2005. His current contract ends this month, but he is expected to stay on until the end of this summer after which he will then focus on a number of new projects with ITV and other channels      .
Greece formally asks for EU-IMF loans Greece has formally asked for rescue loans by the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be activated, aimed at helping the country recover from an economic crisis. Under the plan, countries in the Eurozone will provide up to 30 billion euros in loans in the first year, while the IMF will contribute ten billion euros. The bailout will cover Greece's borrowing needs for the immediate future so that it can avoid default. The request still needs to be approved by all fifteen countries using the euro, and will be reviewed by the European Central Bank. Chilean actor Oscar Garcés accused of sexual abuse Initially, Shephard only presented an entertainment section of the television programme before being given a promotion to the sofa in 2005. His current contract ends this month, but he is expected to stay on until the end of this summer after which he will then focus on a number of new projects with ITV and other channels . British poet Peter Porter dies at age 81 Australian-born British poet Peter Porter has died at the age of 81 after suffering from liver cancer. The poet was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1929 and moved to London, England in 1951. His first collection of works, entitled "Once Bitten, Twice Bitten", was first published in 1961 and he went on to become a broadcaster, reviewer, journalist and a full-time poet by the year 1968. Porter won the Forward prize for his work titled "Max is Missing" and was shorlisted for a T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry for the work "Afterburner". He is most well known for his collection of poems titled "The Cost of Seriousness" which he wrote after his first wife committed suicide in 1974. Anthony Thwaite, another English poet, and friend and colleauge to Peter Porter, said that he would describe Porter as "one of the finest poets of our time" .
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Greece formally asks for EU-IMF loans
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Greece has formally asked for rescue loans by the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be activated, aimed at helping the country recover from an economic crisis.
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Under the plan, countries in the Eurozone will provide up to 30 billion euros in loans in the first year, while the IMF will contribute ten billion euros.
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The bailout will cover Greece's borrowing needs for the immediate future so that it can avoid default. The request still needs to be approved by all fifteen countries using the euro, and will be reviewed by the European Central Bank.
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British poet Peter Porter dies at age 81
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Australian-born British poet Peter Porter has died at the age of 81 after suffering from liver cancer. The poet was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1929 and moved to London, England in 1951. His first collection of works, entitled "Once Bitten, Twice Bitten", was first published in 1961 and he went on to become a broadcaster, reviewer, journalist and a full-time poet by the year 1968.
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Porter won the Forward prize for his work titled "Max is Missing" and was shorlisted for a T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry for the work "Afterburner". He is most well known for his collection of poems titled "The Cost of Seriousness" which he wrote after his first wife committed suicide in 1974.
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Anthony Thwaite, another English poet, and friend and colleauge to Peter Porter, said that he would describe Porter as "one of the finest poets of our time"