A 3D moving image of the late singer Whitney Houston is being developed by a US entertainment firm. It is working with the Houston estate and hopes to tour the product in 2016. Hologram USA has patented what it calls a “high-tech version” of a 16th century illusion called Pepper’s Ghost. It can cost “millions of dollars” to develop an ...

Rafael Benitez was the best tactical manager Steven Gerrard ever played under but the former Liverpool captain said he felt the Spaniard did not like him as a person, according to an extract from his autobiography being serialised in the Daily Mail. Gerrard left Anfield to join LA Galaxy after 17 years at his boyhood club and has already gone ...

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal on Monday demanded patience for newly signed forward Memphis Depay to allow him to settle into the punishing pace of the Premier League. “I have to be patient with Memphis and the fans also have to be patient,” Van Gaal told journalists at a press conference, a day ahead of Tuesday’s Champion’s League group ...

The Prisons Care and Counseling Association (PRISCCA) has called on government to ensure inmates are captured in the ongoing mobile issuance of National Registration Cards (NRC). PRISCCA Executive Director Godfrey Malembeka says inmates in other African countries like Lesotho and Kenya are allowed to vote saying it should be their right to vote in Zambia as well. Mr. Malembeka says ...

Patriotic Front Chairperson for Elections, Emmanuel Mpakata has assured women in the party that they will be allocated a fair share in the adoption process for the 2016 General Election. Mr. Mpakata says President Edgar Lungu’s appointment of women to key positions is an assurance to the women folk that they will be given a fair share in the adoption ...

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has expressed worry at the high number of child defilement cases in the country. CCZ General Secretary Susanne Matale says Zambians should be worried that despite many interventions to eradicate the vice, cases of child defilement are still on the increase. Reverend Matale says it is for this reason that the church has ...

Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chairperson Justice Esau Chulu says the commission awaits further direction from Parliament with regards the holding of the 2016 tripartite elections alongside the constitutional referendum. Justice Chulu says this is considering that the issue of holding 2016 polls alongside the constitutional referendum is before Parliament and has not yet been finalized. He says once Parliament ...

The Zambian Voice has observed that despite the current economic challenges Zambia is facing the ruling PF still stands a better chance to win the 2016 general election. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali says his organization has done a research in which it has established that presently there is no mood of change amongst the Zambian people. Mr. Tayali says his ...

Organisers of the Miss America pageant have apologised to actress Vanessa Williams, 32 years after she was forced to hand back her title. Williams was the first black woman to be named Miss America in 1983 but resigned after a magazine published nude photos of her without her consent. “I want to apologise for anything that was said or done,” ...

Rugby World Cup Hosts: England Dates: 18 September-31 October Coverage: Live on BBC Radio 5 live and sports extra, BBC local radio, plus live text commentary on every match on the BBC Sport website. Further coverage: BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Local Radio. Hosts England will field an unchanged XV for ...