The Great British Bake Off attracted an average of 10.4 million viewers as it returned for a seventh series – a record opener for the BBC One show. The episode was watched by 47.5% of all television viewers with a peak audience of 11.2 million at 20:50 BST. That means it beat the most-watched moments of the Rio Olympics, which ...

Algeria international Nabil Bentaleb has joined German side Schalke 04 on a season-long loan from English Premier League side Tottenham. Bentaleb played only 13 times for Spurs last season because of injuries. The 21-year-old midfielder has not trained with the Tottenham first-team since July after being told he was not in manager Mauricio Pochettino’s plans. “He is 100% fit but ...

Hundreds of aftershocks have rocked devastated areas of central Italy, hampering search efforts after a deadly earthquake. A strong tremor with magnitude 4.3 struck on Thursday afternoon, sending rescuers fleeing from already fragile buildings. More than 4,000 rescue workers are combing through rubble for survivors using heavy machinery or bare hands. A total of 241 people are now known to ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has written to the Independent Broadcasting Authority expressing shock and distress at the decision to suspend the broadcasting licenses for Muvi TV, Komboni radio and Itezhi tezhi FM. In an open letter to the IBA, Mr. Sinkamba has questioned whether the authority ever issued written notices to the three broadcasting stations asking them to comply ...

Government has bemoaned the poor quality of infrastructure that has continued to be seen in the country despite the availability of professional bodies to regulate various players in the construction industry. Speaking in Lusaka today during a stakeholders consultative meeting organized by the National Council for Construction to review the performance of the construction industry in Zambia, Ministry of works ...

The Constitutional Court has continued with the interparty preliminary hearing of the presidential petition filed by UPND president Hakainde Hichilema. The Court has since adjourned tomorrow the continued hearing of preliminary issues before the main hearing of the petition can commence. Lawyers representing both the petitioners and the respondents have told Journalists that the Court is still dealing with preliminary ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has announced intentions to join proceedings of the presidential petition filed in the Constitutional Court by the UPND, as a friend of the court. LAZ Honorary Secretary Sashi Kateka has told a media briefing in Lusaka this afternoon that the Association has confidence that the Constitutional Court will determine the matter before it fairly ...

First Republican President Dr Kenneth Kaunda has called on all Zambians to maintain peace during the post election period. Dr Kaunda says Zambians should continue loving one another in line with the biblical principle of love your neighbor as you love yourself Speaking at Bole international airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia en route to Equatorial Guinea, Dr Kaunda said the ...

UPND presidential special advisor Douglas Siakalima says the PF should stop deceiving Zambians that it is against the perpetration of political violence of any form. Mr Siakalima says it is hypocritical for the PF to claim that it is role a model political party when it comes to condemning political violence. He says it is hypocritical for the ruling PF ...

The death toll in the Italian earthquake has risen to at least 247 as thousands of rescuers continue efforts to find survivors. Dozens are believed trapped in ruined Amatrice, Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto, in mountainous central Italy. The search went on through the night, and there was a strong aftershock which rocked already damaged buildings. More than 4,300 rescuers ...