Neither side could find the net in a tense first half, during which adverse weather affected play. The visitors went ahead when John Sutton converted a penalty after Thomas Reilly had fouled Lee Erwin. But Jason Naismith scrambled in an equaliser and, after Well’s Scott McDonald had been dismissed, Stephen Mallan netted St Mirren’s winner. Defeat for Well means they ...

Film Director David Lynch has announced that he will direct the sequel of the cult classic Twin Peaks after a month-long deadlock over budget concerns. The surrealist filmmaker made the announcement on Twitter. The US television network Showtime said last year that the series, based on a small-town murder in Twin Peaks, would return as a limited series in 2016, ...

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy is to resign next month, he has announced. It comes despite Mr Murphy narrowly surviving a vote of no confidence at a meeting of the party’s national executive in Glasgow. Mr Murphy said he would tender his resignation alongside a plan to reform the party. He lost his seat in last week’s general election as ...

Former First lady Christine Kaseba-Sata was among scores of Catholic faithful and Rufunsa residents that turned up to witness the burial of Zambia’s High Commissioner to India, Brigadier General Peter Tembo’s elder sister Matildah. ZANIS reports that Dr. Kaseba-Sata arrived at St. Luke’s Mpanshya Mission Catholic Church at 09:45 hours where a requiem mass was held for Mrs. Matildah Tembo ...

The Operation Young Vote (OYV) has vowed to stand ready to defend Zambia’s multi-party democratic dispensation’s merits and gains. The OYV is concerned about the alleged endeavors and maneuvers by a number of the Patriotic Front (PF) leaders and members to force Zambia to drift back to the ugly and repressive one party state. Executive Director Guess Nyirenda says his ...

The Grand Coalition on the Campaign for the People Driven Constitution has cautioned government to be wary that its planned June constitution amendments may not be plain sailing. The Grand Coalition has based its predication on the fact that the ruling PF does not enjoy a two third majority in Parliament where non contentious issues of the final draft constitution ...

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal says the club already have replacements in mind should goalkeeper David De Gea decide to leave Old Trafford. The Spain international is out of contract next summer but has yet to sign a new deal offered by the club. Van Gaal said he does not know if the 24-year-old will stay, but said plans ...

The “King of the Blues”, guitarist and singer BB King, has died aged 89. King, known for his hits My Lucille, Sweet Little Angel and Rock Me Baby, died in his sleep in Las Vegas. Born in Mississippi, King began performing in the 1940s, going on to influence a generation of musicians and work with Eric Clapton and U2. Once ...

An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death over a mass prison break in 2011. The former leader has already been sentenced to 20 years in jail for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters during his time in power. The country’s religious authorities will now have to give their opinion before the sentence can be carried ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has been advised to come up with a mechanism that will start allowing citizens to cast their vote from areas other than were they were registered as voters. Aspiring Member of Parliament for Munali constituency Patrick Mungo thinks that this is one way voter apathy in the country can be eased. Mr. Mungo has ...