The BBC apologised after Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman swore during Saturday’s live show. The head judge appeared to mutter a curse word while praising the performance of Blue star Simon Webbe and his partner Kristina Rihanoff. Strictly presenter Zoe Ball said: “Len got a little bit carried away with the excitement of the dance and I’m very sorry ...

Work has begun to remove wreckage from the MH17 crash site in rebel-held eastern Ukraine after months of delays, Dutch officials say. The Malaysian Airlines plane, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over Ukraine in July. All 298 people on board were killed. Workers could be seen cutting up parts of the plane and using ...

Last night thieves broke into the National Restoration Party (NAREP) offices and went away with three computers and a number of the party data files. NAREP Presidential assistant David Kapoma who confirmed the development to Qfm News Today says the thieves broke the gate and the windows of the party’s secretariat to find their way inside the building. Mr. Kapoma ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) says it has also come to terms with late President Michael Sata’s suggestion that he had a bunch of alleged useless Members of Parliament. UPND Lubwa Ward Youth Chairperson Chisankama Mudenda has observed that what is happening in the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) is a demonstration of lack of leadership. Mr. Mudenda ...

Opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) president Edith Nawakwi has described as taboo the current happenings in the ruling Patriotic Front (PF). Ms. Nawakwi says what is happening in the ruling PF is a taboo not only in Zambia but in Africa as well. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka today Ms. Nawakwi states that this is the ...

Twenty seven people have died while 56 others sustained injuries in a traffic accident that happened along Mbala-Nakonde road in Mbala District yesterday Saturday the 15th of November. The accident is said to have occurred around 15:00hrs after the Fuso Truck Reg. No. ACX 5816 they were traveling in overturned. The truck which was loaded with bags of caterpillars had ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Kabwata Member of Parliament Given Lubinda has noted the importance of his party’s Central committee to develop and implement a constitutional process for nominating the party’s presidential candidate for the forthcoming by-election. Mr. Lubinda says this process he is calling for should be free, fair and transparent. In letter dated 14th November 2014 addressed to Acting President ...

A video posted online claims to show that Islamic State militants have killed the captured US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig. In the video, a masked militant stands over a severed head which he says is that of Mr Kassig. The US says it is working to determine the authenticity of the video, which also shows a mass killing of Syrian ...

Some Patriotic Front members of parliament (MPs) says they have learnt with dismay that a fresh central committee meeting has been called and will be held at State House on Monday 17th November 2014 to discuss a matter which in their view was already resolved. Speaking during a media briefing in Lusaka today, Luposonshi mp Chungu Bwalya has appealed to ...

The Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has expressed sadness with the riots that have continued to rock the country’s higher learning institutions. UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says his party also particularly finds it sad that nothing much has happened in the area of water and sanitation from the last time he toured Evelyn Hone College in 2012. In ...