Jamie Vardy scored twice as leaders Leicester won at Sunderland to move within three victories of their first top-flight title. Vardy coolly slotted in the first, before outpacing the opposition defence and tucking home a second deep into injury time. The hosts’ best chance fell to substitute Jack Rodwell, who somehow blazed over from just eight yards out. Sunderland remain ...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens was named movie of the year at the 25th MTV Movie Awards on Saturday. The film was nominated for 11 awards going into the Los Angeles ceremony, but only won three including prizes for its stars Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver. Following on from his Oscar win in February, Leonardo DiCaprio won best male performance ...

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has been felt across a number of major cities across south-west Asia. The earthquake struck in Afghanistan, close to its border with Tajikistan, at 10:28 GMT, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor was felt in Kabul, Islamabad, Lahore and Delhi, forcing residents to leave their homes. In October 2015, a magnitude-7.5 quake in ...

The Zambia Road Safety Trust has blamed government for Saturday’s road traffic accident in which 25 people were reported to have lost their lives. Chairperson Daniel Mwamba says his Trust believes that Saturday’s accident was preventable and avoidable had it not been for negligence on the part of government. In a statement Mr. Mwamba notes that given that the cause ...

The ruling PF in Chongwe District has refuted media reports attributed to its District youth chairman Harry Kunda that the party in the District is weak. PF Chongwe District secretary Nebert Shawa says contrary to the insinuation by Mr. Kunda the ruling party is in fact stronger in the District than ever before. Mr. Shawa notes that this is given ...

The Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PROTUZ) is dismayed that there are some of its members that are issuing statements to the media without permission from it. Union acting Public Relations Officer Nelson Mwale says his union’s concern is that the statements being made boarder on matters that are already before the court. Mr. Mwale states that the position of ...

President Edgar Lungu has observed that Zambia’s stability depends on religious tolerance by all citizens. President Lungu is urging people in the Country to sustain such tolerance for the sake of posterity. He notes that the only way Christians can help in the socio-economic development of the country is to stand by the virtues of the Holy Scripture the Bible. ...

The opposition UPND is saddened that Norway has closed its embassy in Zambia. The UPND finds the closure of the Norwegian embassy a great shame especially that Norway has one of the most generous aid budgets in the world. UPND Chairperson for  International Relations Mulondwe Muzungu notes that his party is however not surprised by the alleged reported comments from ...

Bruce Springsteen has cancelled a concert in North Carolina, joining business groups in condemning a state law that rolls back protection for gay and transgender people. The law invalidated several local anti-discrimination measures that protected gay and transgender people. It also requires people to use public toilets that correspond to the sex listed on their birth certificates. Major companies like ...

An explosion and blaze sparked by fireworks have killed at least 100 people at a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala, police say. The fireworks, which were to be used to celebrate a local new year festival, exploded about 03:30 (22:15 GMT Saturday), local media say. A building at the temple then collapsed, causing many of the deaths. ...