England v India, third Specsavers Test Venue: Trent Bridge Date: 18-22 August Time: 11:00 BST Coverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra, Radio 4 LW and the BBC Sport website. In-play clips and live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app. Full tour details Ben Stokes will make his England return in ...

Aretha Franklin‘s influence on music was profound during her lifetime, and since her death, pop stars have been opening up about the way the Queen of Soul shaped them as performers. On Thursday, Alicia Keys and Ariana Grande both performed renditions of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman during radio and TV interviews. Keys told Nicki Minaj while ...

At least 324 people have been killed in flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala, local officials say. The country’s monsoon season started in June, but the state’s death toll has soared in the last 24 hours, as the region is overwhelmed by flood waters. Rescuers are battling torrential rains to save residents, with more than 200,000 people left ...

Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) president Jervis Zimba has reminded government of the need to consult before coming up with any statutory instruments that involve framers in the country. Mr. Zimba says the Statutory Instrument on borehole levy is an impediment on the part of small scale framers. He has stated that President Edgar Lungu will not achieve his goal ...

United States Ambassador to Zambia, Daniel Foote has expressed concern about the threat posed by poaching to nature conservation especially that Zambia’s tourism is highly reliant on nature. Speaking when he paid a courtesy call on Tourism and Arts Minister Charles Banda, Mr Foote has pledged to be Zambia’s greatest Tourism and Conservation salesperson and looks forward to more corporations. ...

A research report by the Akina Mama wa Africa on women’s rights to land and property ownership in three Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Countries namely Zambia,Malawi and eSwatini has revealed that women are denied the right to exercise these rights. The Ugandan based Civil Society Organization partnered with women movements in Malawi, Swaziland and Zambia with support from Commonwealth foundation ...

South Africa has imposed a ban on the export of pure Zambian honey to that country after a consignment allegedly from Zambia was found to be contaminated with a disease called American Foulbrood also known as Peanibacillus larvae. But Zambia has protested the ban arguing that procedures and regulations have not been followed. In a letter to South African authorities, ...

The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has expressed concern that the implementation of Multi Facility Economic Zones (MFEZ) plan has been painstakingly poor and slow. Speaking during the launch of the study report on Multi Facility Economic Zones and Tax Incentives, CTPD head of programs and research, Brian Mwiinga says even though there is some level of progress that has been attained ...

The Church reportedly wants to hold its own national dialogue meeting for political leaders with the exclusion of the Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID). The Church is said to have since met with opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema in this regard. Information reaching QTV News suggests that the Church’s action is also in total disregard of the ZCID’s request ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President Edith Nawakwi has charged that the introduction of the 30 Ngwee per day tariff on internet based phone calls by government is outright theft from the people. In a walk-in interview with Q-news, Ms Nawakwi who has been out of the media limelight for a while has accused government of colluding with the ...