Ashton growing up: April 2011

Portugal request financial bail-out:

Portugal has begun talks with international authorities about the terms of a bail-out, expected to be worth up to 80bn euros ($115bn; £70bn).

Senior officials from Europe and the International Monetary Fund are meeting Portuguese Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos in Lisbon.

Meanwhile Greece, which received a bail-out last year, denied reports that it would have to restructure its debts.

US credit rating warning prompts global markets fall

Shares on major markets have dropped sharply after a ratings agency warned it could downgrade US government debt.

The leading indexes in the US and around Europe were all down by around 2% following the announcement.

The Dow Jones recovered to a loss of 1.62% at 12,141 points, with London's FTSE 100 index down 2.1% at 5,870

There is something wrong with this Arsenal team

There is something wrong with this Arsenal team. Very wrong.

Only this Arsenal team could be 2-0 up at home against Sp*rs and lose. Only this Arsenal team could be 4-0 up at half-time and ship four goals in the second half to draw the game. Only this Arsenal side could contrive to lose a cup final in the ludicrous way that we lost the Carling Cup. And only this Arsenal side could score the first goal of the game in the 98th minute and still not win!

Barclays Premier League table 2010-2011

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Manchester United	32	20	9	3	70	32	38	69
2	Arsenal	32	18	9	5	63	31	32	63
3	Chelsea	32	18	7	7	58	26	32	61
4	Manchester City	32	16	8	8	50	30	20	56
5	Tottenham Hotspur	31	14	11	6	44	36	8	53
6	Liverpool	33	14	7	12	46	39	7	49
7	Everton	33	11	14	8	47	41	6	47
8	Bolton Wanderers	32	11	10	11	46	43	3	43
9	Aston Villa	33	10	10	13	42	54	-12	40
10	Newcastle United	32	10	9	13	48	47	1	39
11	W.B.A.	33	10	9	14	47	62	-15	39
12	Fulham	32	8	14	10	36	35	1	38
13	Stoke City	32	11	5	16	39	42	-3	38
14	Birmingham City	32	8	14	10	33	43	-10	38
15	Sunderland	33	9	11	13	35	47	-12	38
16	Blackburn Rovers	33	9	8	16	40	54	-14	35
17	Wigan Athletic	33	7	13	13	32	53	-21	34
18	Blackpool	33	9	6	18	47	69	-22	33
19	West Ham United	33	7	11	15	39	58	-19	32
20	Wolverhampton W.	32	9	5	18	36	56	-20	32