Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley have been asked to take skating lessons so they can perform in Dancing On Ice. Bosses hope to boost ratings by getting the presenters on to the ice.

Schofield and Bleakley were asked to have intensive training after viewing figures slumped to just over five million in the last series. At its height, the show has pulled in an audience of more than 11million.

Dancing On Ice professional skater Matt Evers has said he's been nervous about getting his kit off for his stage role. Matt made his debut on the London stage with a starring role in dating comedy Up4aMeet?

He said of his naked scene: "I am definitely more nervous about that than about anything else...This is the first time I've been totally nude in front of a live audience, but it's a quick scene...

Jorgie Porter has revealed that she is often left blushing by some of the outfits she wears as Theresa McQueen on Hollyoaks.

The actress - who is often seen in risque clothing on the Channel 4 soap - admitted that much of her onscreen wardrobe was "embarrassing".

Hollyoaks actress Jorgie Porter has admitted that she ignores her boyfriend, co-star James Atherton, when they are both at work in a bid to remain professional.

Jorgie, who has played Theresa McQueen in the show since 2008, told Inside Soap magazine that she can't help feeling awkward when she is around James - who plays Will Savage - on set, even though their characters are now dating.

British skating legend Christopher Dean is recovering after a shoulder operation.

The Dancing On Ice star had the op on Wednesday. Earlier this week he tweeted: “Going to miss some Olympics, off for shoulder surgery. Joy.”

Jorgie Porter has revealed the new series of Hollyoaks Later is set to "get seriously rude". The soap beauty said: “It’s like rude rude. The kind of stuff that you might see and it might be awkward if you ever see me again.”

The 24-year-old — who has been voted FHM's Hottest Girl in Soap — added that she will be playing a big part in the new E4 series, which hits TV screens this Autumn.

Olympic rowing champion Steve Williams has been crowned winner of a special edition of Dancing On Ice made to celebrate the forthcoming games.

The gold medallist, who triumphed with the British rowing team at the Games in 2004, joined a line-up of champion athletes who took to the ice for this one-off show.

Dancing On Ice judge Robin Cousins has revealed he was secretly in agony when he won his Olympic gold medal – as he prepares to take to the ice to celebrate London 2012. He went on to deliver a superb performance at the 1980 Games but had to retire after problems with his knees left him in permanent pain and needing EIGHT operations.

Now Robin has been persuaded to skate again for the first time in 12 years for Dancing On Ice Goes Gold, featuring Olympic medallists including Olga Korbut, Tessa Sanderson and Colin Jackson.

Dancing on Ice bosses are desperate to sign up ex-England football manager Glenn Hoddle. Producers of the ITV show are in talks with the former Tottenham player, 54, about being one of the celeb skaters in next year’s series.

Other stars being auditioned include ex-boxing world champ Steve Collins, 47, Winter Olympics gold medallist Amy Williams, 29, and Daily Mirror gardening expert Diarmuid Gavin, 48.

Time has been kind to Jayne Torvill – she says she can still fit into the famous Bolero costume in which she won Olympic gold. The skating champ, 54, reckons she is slimmer and fitter than when she wowed the world with partner Christopher Dean at the Sarajevo Winter Games in 1984.

Jayne, who will skate on ITV1’s Olympic-themed Dancing On Ice special tomorrow, said: “I would still be able to get into the Bolero outfit.

Athletics star-turned-amateur ice-skater Colin Jackson has confessed that he and Dancing On Ice Goes Gold partner Frankie Poultney can't stop giggling during training.

Former Olympic silver medallist Colin is taking part in a special one-off edition of the ITV1 show to mark the beginning of the Games with fellow athletes including javelin thrower Tessa Sanderson and rower Steve Williams.

Torvill & Dean are preparing to invite a host of Olympic heroes to go head to head for the first time… on ice.

Dancing On Ice Goes Gold will see inspirational athletes swap their track suits for sequins and Lycra as they take to the rink to perform in front of a live studio audience.

Christine Bleakley has been blamed for Dancing on Ice’s ratings slump after it emerged she leaves the majority of fans cold. A damning ITV survey of the show’s audience found just 45% admitted to liking her.

It comes after viewing figures plummeted from 11.7 million for the final in 2008 to 7.3 million this year. But despite their findings, ITV bosses plan to bring Christine back to Dancing on Ice next year.

The Olympic flame visits Robin Hood country and will be carried on ice by Olympians Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean on day 41 of the relay. The torch is travelling 100 miles from Lincoln to Nottingham on Thursday, ending with an evening celebration at Old Market Square.

Torchbearer Laura Graves, 16, from Grantham, will take the flame to the Robin Hood statue in Sherwood Forest. Torvill and Dean, both from Nottingham, are the final bearers of the day.

Jorgie Porter has told how her boobs really did get bigger during her time on Dancing On Ice.

The 24-year-old's boyfriend James Atherton has previously revealed how the blonde's bum had "got amazing" and how "she got boobs" as she took part in the ITV1 skating show.

Emmerdale actor and Dancing on Ice winner Matthew Wolfenden will be this year’s Mr Battle of Flowers.

The 32-year-old, who plays David Metcalfe in the ITV farming soap, will escort Miss Battle of Flowers Rebecca Houzé – the daughter of a farmer from St Ouen – when she takes centre stage at this year’s parades on 9 and 10 August.

Soap star Matt Lapinskas is rumored to be joining the next series of Dancing on Ice. He may be packing his bags and leaving the Square in the coming weeks, but it would seem there is plenty of work ahead for the soap actor who plays Anthony Moon.

According to the Daily Star Lapinskas impressed producers of the ice-skating show and will confirm his involvement one his last scenes on Eastenders have aired.

Model turned bodybuilder Jodie Marsh and EastEnders star Matt Lapinskas are being tipped to take part in the next series of Dancing On Ice - with the show also set to undergo a shake-up.

According to the Daily Star both Jodie and Matt have already auditioned for the show, which will return early next year, and producers - who are looking to bring some flamboyant personalities to the next series - are said to be keen on both of them.

Christine Bleakley has revealed that she faced a cancer scare. The 33-year-old Dancing On Ice host told a tabloid newspaper that she had to have three moles removed.

She told The Sun: "I had my moles checked, just because I thought it was a good thing to do, and I discovered I had to have three removed." Bleakley told the newspaper that she was relieved to discover that doctors gave her the all-clear.