The ruling PF has ruled out moving a motion in Parliament to effect unilateral amendments to the Republican Constitution on account of the delays to hold the National Dialogue. PF chairperson for legal affairs Brian Mundubile says his party is still committed to ensuring that the process of cleaning the Country’s supreme law remains people driven. Mr. Mundubile says the ...

Voting at polling stations where electorates were interrupted by heavy rains in Sesheke has been extended for another 35 minutes. Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) spokesperson Margaret Chimanse says electorates at Libala and Nakatindi polling stations will continue voting beyond the prescribed closing time of 18:00hrs. Ms. Chimanse has told Q-News that this is meant to compensate the lost time ...

Channel 4 is to air a controversial documentary about Michael Jackson, despite receiving a letter of complaint from the late singer’s estate. Leaving Neverland focuses on two men who claim the pop superstar abused them when they were children. The family of the late singer have asked the broadcaster not to show it, saying the film-makers did not ask them ...

You could easily go and see Catherine Wreford perform in a show and not know anything was wrong. A professional dancer with a huge number of stage credits to her name, it’s perhaps only when you look at the show programme that you’d find out she has brain cancer. “I always put it in my bio because I want people ...

Chris Pratt says the church he attends is not “anti-LGBTQ” after Ellen Page said it was homophobic. Page, who is openly gay, replied to a tweet that said Pratt was going to discuss his “spiritual side” on a US talk show. She said “but his church is infamously anti-LGBTQ so maybe address that too?” Neither has named which church it ...

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Juventus in the summer in a deal that will earn him over £400,000 a week. The 28-year-old has agreed a four-year contract that will see him join the Italian champions as a free agent, ending his 11-year spell with Arsenal. Ramsey passed a two-part medical in January, having picked ...

England’s 1966 World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks has died aged 81. Regarded as one of the game’s greatest in his position, Banks was named Fifa goalkeeper of the year six times and earned 73 caps for England. He is perhaps best known for his wonder save from Pele during the 1970 World Cup against Brazil. Born in Sheffield, he won ...

Politicians and policymakers have failed to grasp the gravity of the environmental crisis facing the Earth, a report claims. The think-tank IPPR says human impacts have reached a critical stage and threaten to destabilise society and the global economy. Scientists warn of a potentially deadly combination of factors. These include climate change, mass loss of species, topsoil erosion, forest felling ...

Theresa May has promised MPs a final, decisive vote on her Brexit deal with the EU – but not until she has secured changes to the Irish backstop clause. Speaking in the Commons, the PM said she had a “mandate” to seek changes to the backstop as MPs had voted for it. “We now need some time to complete that ...

The widow of a Nigerian activist suing oil giant Shell over the execution of her husband says his death left her “traumatised” and “poverty-stricken”. Esther Kiobel is testifying in court in The Hague, demanding compensation from the Netherlands-based firm. She is among four women who accuse Shell of being complicit in the hanging of their husbands by Nigeria’s military in ...