Celtic’s hopes of a domestic treble were extinguished as David Raven sent Inverness Caledonian Thistle into their first-ever Scottish Cup final. The Hoops will feel a sense of injustice after Caley Thistle’s Josh Meekings escaped a red card with Celtic leading 1-0 through Virgil van Dijk. But it was Celtic who lost a man when keeper Craig Gordon was sent ...

Ben Affleck asked television producers not to reveal one of his ancestors was a slave-owner, leaked emails suggest. The actor was taking part in a US series called Finding Your Roots, where experts research a celebrity’s family history, when the discovery was made. The broadcaster, PBS, says in a statement that they didn’t censor the slave-owner details. It is “very ...

Up to £4bn worth of Lloyds Bank shares will be offered to small investors at below-market prices if the Conservatives win the election, David Cameron has confirmed to the BBC. The offer would be part of the £9bn sale of shares in the bailed-out bank announced in the Budget in March. Mr Cameron said it would “help us recover billions ...

Zambians living in Durban have praised Government for showing concern for its citizens in the wake of the violence against foreign nationals that has rocked some parts of the city. It has, meanwhile, also further been established that no Zambian has, so far, been caught up in the violence which started almost two weeks ago. This came to light during ...

Government has been advised to always do better preparations whenever it embarks on conflict resolution processes such as tribunals. The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) is appealing to government to avoid creating impressions that such conflict resolution processes are ill prepared and only meant to frustrate those who have been accused of wrong doing. Executive ...

Political scientist Alex Ng’oma has observed that in a Democracy opposition political parties that develop an inclination towards a ruling party should be ignored. Dr. Ng’oma says this is because they cannot provide effective credible checks and balances. He has told Qfm News that this is especially that opposition political parties that choose to work with government are most likely ...

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said Manchester United’s important players were “in our pockets” in a match that went “exactly” as they wanted. The Blues boss says his side have “almost” won the Premier League title after their 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge moved them 10 points clear at the top. United dominated possession and had more chances than the league ...

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that he thought he probably had cancer at the time he hit a Top Gear producer. In his Sunday Times column, he said the incident came on his “most stressful day… in 27 years at the BBC” – but that other people facing stress “manage to cope better than I did”. He told the paper he ...

Hundreds of people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying up to 700 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian coastguard says. A major rescue operation is under way after the vessel carrying “between 500 and 700 migrants” capsized at midnight local time, in Libyan waters south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. So far 28 people ...

Opposition political parties in the country have been accused of failing to exert sufficient pressure to offer substantive checks and balances to President Edgar Lungu and the ruling Patriotic Front (PF). The Zambia Voice thinks that whole what the opposition has been doing ever since President Lungu assumed office and formed new government is to issue petty criticism. Executive Director ...