A lack of film roles for actresses in their 50s is “a disaster” and the situation is unlikely to change, Dame Kristin Scott Thomas has said. Speaking on BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show, she said: “I won’t bore you with all the stories of older women not getting jobs in film because it’s so boring. But it’s true. It’s a ...

Tens of thousands of people have marched through central Moscow to honour opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on Friday. They carried portraits of Mr Nemtsov and banners saying “I am not afraid”. He had been due to lead an opposition march on Sunday but his killing turned the event into a mourning rally. Mr Nemtsov’s allies have ...

President Edgar Lungu says Government will prioritize the growth of the tourism sector in its developmental programmes for Eastern Province. President Lungu says this is because the province is endowed with natural resources that have a potential to boost economic growth of the province and the country. He said this when graced this year’s Nc’wala traditional ceremony of the Ngoni ...

Lusaka Magistrate Lameck Mwale is tomorrow the 2nd of March expected to make a ruling in a matter Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito entered a nolle prosequi in his own case. Magistrate Mwale is expected to rule as to whether Mr. Nchito who is alleged to have committed among other offenses Abuse of Authority of Office, Contempt of ...

United States based Zambian Academician Henry Kyambalesa says he is greatly troubled by President Edgar Lungu’s alleged threats that he will crush members of the Patriotic Front who have dissenting views or those who have reservations about the manner in which he is discharging his duties as Patriotic Front President and as President of the Republic of Zambia. Mr. Kyambalesa ...

The opposition MMD says it will wait until 100 days have passed of President Edgar Lungu’s being in office before assessing his performance. The MMD wants to link President Lungu’s performance to how the international community will react to his way of doing things in his first 100 days. MMD president Nevers Mumba has disclosed to Qfm News by telephone ...

The ruling PF leadership has been advised take responsibility of its party cadres’ conduct and address the concerns that have been alleged against them. Opposition UPND President Hakainde Hichilema is asking PF Secretary General Davis Chama to ask his party cadres to stop allegedly killing people as they have been recently suspected to have done. Mr. Hichilema has told QFM ...

Former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba has expressed doubt Zambia’s new constitution can be adopted through a referendum within the timeline of before 2016. Dr. Kalumba has observed that with the current worrisome economical fundamentals in the country it may not be practical to undertake the all the elements that are required in full adoption and enactment. In an interview with ...

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says he turned down an approach to join Tottenham after leaving the Blues for the first time in September 2007. But Mourinho, whose team play Spurs in Sunday’s League Cup final, had an exit clause that prevented him from coaching in England for two years. “I couldn’t go,” he said. “I could not train in England ...

One of Turkey’s best-known writers, Yasar Kemal, 92, has died in an Istanbul hospital following respiratory and organ failure. He was Turkey’s first Nobel Prize for literature nominee and his work has been published in numerous languages. Medics said his health deteriorated rapidly over the past week. Mr Kemal – an ethnic Kurd born in south-eastern Turkey – won international ...