New England Patriots defensive lineman Vince Wilfork rescued a woman injured in a car crash, hours after helping his team reach the Super Bowl. Earlier, the 33-year-old had played in his side’s 45-7 defeat of Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship game. But on his way home from the Gillette Stadium with his wife, Wilfork saw a jeep roll over ...

The cast of Coronation Street have led tributes to actress Anne Kirkbride, who played one of the soap’s best-loved characters Deirdre Barlow for 42 years. William Roache, who played on-off husband Ken Barlow, said she was “a loving and vibrant person” who would be “greatly missed”. Former Street star Johnny Briggs, who played Deirdre’s one-time lover Mike Baldwin, called her ...

The AirAsia flight that crashed in the Java Sea, killing 162 people, climbed too fast before stalling, Indonesia’s transport minister has said. Ignasius Jonan told a parliamentary hearing in Jakarta that flight QZ8501 had ascended at a speed of 6,000ft (1,828m) per minute. No passenger or fighter jet would attempt to climb so fast, he said. There were no survivors ...

Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) has observed that a vast majority of polling stations across the country opened and had all their necessary supplies as of 11:00 hours. CCMG which is a monitoring group comprising four faith based organizations namely, the Council of Churches in Zambia, the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia, Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection and the Zambia Episcopal ...

The Zambia Air Force today revoked the permissions granted to the opposition UPND to fly its helicopters as a means of transport by which to send the party’s observers and other logistics to polling stations, particularly where weather and flood conditions mean some areas of the country are inaccessible. In a media statement, the UPND says the revocation at the ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has expressed concern with some reported incidents that border on the violation of smooth conduct of the elections reported by its monitors during voting. FODEP President Sheperd Chilombe in a statement to QFM News says some overzealous political sympathizers are reported to have been going round canvassing for votes even beyond the campaign period ...

Some presidential candidates in today’s presidential election have pledged to accept the outcome of the poll provided it is conducted in a free and fair manner. Patriotic Front (PF) candidate Edgar Lungu has maintained that he will accept the election results whether he wins or loses provided the election is conducted according to the guidelines and rules of the electoral ...

Polls have closed in the presidential election to elect Zambia’s sixth President with no major incident reported. Vote counting is now underway with provisional results from polling stations expected to start trickling in after 19:00 hours. And ECZ Director Priscilla Isaacs says the commission only expects to start receiving the first results at the national totaling centre after 23:00 hours. ...

The Coen brothers, the Oscar-winning directors of No Country for Old Men, Fargo and The Big Lebowski, are to head this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury. Joel and Ethan Coen will act be co-presidents of the panel of film-makers and actors who will judge the contenders in the main competition. The US siblings, who are 60 and 57 respectively, won ...

TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester United have placed a £50m valuation on Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea, 24, who is wanted by Real Madrid. (Daily Express)  Tuesday’s Daily Express back page Germany international defender Mats Hummels, 26, has disappointed Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea by saying he wants to stay at Borussia Dortmund. (Daily Star)  West Ham’s New Zealand international Winston Reid, ...