Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has told a court hearing the Stairway to Heaven copyright dispute that he has a dim memory of the time it was written. He said he could not remember meeting the band Spirit, who claim the band stole their guitar riff for Stairway to Heaven in the 1970s. “I don’t have a recollection of almost ...

Politicians are making their final pitch for votes on the last day of campaigning before the EU referendum. David Cameron, Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron are addressing rallies arguing the UK will be better off and safer with a Remain vote in Thursday’s poll. Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage are appealing to their own Leave supporters – with the ex-London ...

LeRoy is facing a case about his involvement in the fraudulent transfer of players at French club Racing Club de Strasbourg in the 1990’s and 2000’s. Prosecutors asked the High Court of Strasbourg last week to jail LeRoy for two years, with 18 months of the sentence to be suspended. “I know concerning Strasbourg that I’m completely clear,” he told ...

Southern Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu has hailed the professional manner in which the Public Order Act is being implemented by Police in the province. Mr. Mubukwanu has told Qfm News that so far, no political party has complained of unfair treatment by the Police. He says this is an indication that all is well in the province as far as ...

Caritas Zambia has advised government to remit a percentage of the country’s revenue into the sinking fund created to service the Eurobonds. Caritas Zambia Programme Specialist for Economic and Social accountability,Edmond Kangamungazi says the future repayment of the country’s current debts will create a strain on domestic revenues, thus the need to continue servicing the debt little by little. Mr. ...

President Edgar Lungu says Zambia is grateful to the government of Mozambique for its assistance in view of the energy crisis the country is facing. President Lungu says Zambia’s economy is dependent on power for its growth and therefore the energy crisis was a threat to the country’s economy, but that Mozambique came to the rescue. The Head of State ...

The Consumer Unit and Trust Society (CUTS) has embarked on a project to look at the Food Reserve Agency’s pricing structure with a view of recommending changes in the FRA’s involvement in maize marketing. CUTS Programs officer Jimmy Maliseni explains that they have looked at how other countries in the sub region market their maize, who buys it and how ...

Police this afternoon fired teargas at Post newspaper employees who were trying to sell copies of today’s edition outside the newspaper’s closed offices along Bwinjifumu road. This follows yesterday’s execution of a warrant of distress by the Zambia Revenue Authority over unpaid taxes. Meanwhile MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba has charged that it is clear that the Patriotic Front is ...

Post newspaper proprietor Fred M’membe says the closing down of the newspaper by the Zambia Revenue Authority is a temporal setback. Mr M’membe has told his workers that it is him they are after by closing the newspaper. Addressing his workers outside the closed Post offices this morning, Mr. M’membe wondered why workers have to be made to suffer when ...

Victoria Beckham has joined husband David Beckham in backing a Remain vote in the upcoming EU referendum. Taking to social media, the former Spice Girls slammed the Leave campaign for taking comments “made 20 years ago” out of context, while saying she believed in a future that’s “stronger together”. “In response to the @leave.eu campaign who have today tried to put ...