Disney is to make more blockbusters at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire after signing a deal to take over most of the complex for at least a decade. The film and TV giant behind the Star Wars, Marvel and Avatar movies will lease 20 stages plus other facilities. Pinewood is famously the home of James Bond, not a Disney franchise – ...

John Bercow says he will stand down as Commons Speaker and MP at the next election or on 31 October, whichever comes first. Speaking in Parliament, Mr Bercow said his 10-year “tenure” was nearing its end and it had been the “greatest honour and privilege” to serve. If there was no early election, he said 31 October would be the ...

Tom Hanks has said the increasing level of cynicism in society is partly what led him to take a role as a loveable children’s entertainer. The actor plays Fred Rogers in his new movie – a legendary US kids TV host whose brand was wholesome and warm. “Cynicism has become the default position for so much of daily structure and ...

Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand Slam title after holding off Russian Daniil Medvedev’s exhilarating fightback in one of the greatest US Open finals. Spain’s Nadal, 33, won 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 against the fifth seed in New York. Nadal, seeded second, was cruising at two sets and a break up, only for Medvedev to force a decider. But ...

Robert Mugabe’s nephew has said the former Zimbabwean leader died a “very bitter” man. Mr Mugabe, who died aged 95 last week, led Zimbabwe for nearly four decades until he was ousted by a coup in 2017. “Imagine people you trusted – people that were guarding you, looking after you – [turning] against you,” Leo Mugabe said. “He was very ...

University of Zambia Vice Chancellor Luke Mumba has noted that providing the right information on the economy is critical in helping investors make decisions that will accelerate economic growth, as Zambia makes strides in becoming a middle income country by 2030. In a speech read on his behalf by deputy vice Chancellor Michael Mulenga during the Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa ...

Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo says the lasting solution to the high mealie meal prices is to increase maize production. In a statement on the prevailing maize supply and mealie meal prices in the country, Mr Katambo says to this effect, the ministry is working closely with maize industry stakeholders to ensure the country records bumper harvests starting 2020 and beyond ...

The defunct National Democratic Congress (NDC) has discontinued its court action in which it was challenging its deregistration and has instead appealed to the Minister of Home Affairs Against the deregistration. NDC president Chishimba Kambwili has told a media briefing in Lusaka that going by the law, the appeal to the Minister now acts as a Stay against the deregistration ...

Government will be spending US$ 13.5 million per month to import 300 megawatts of power from South Africa as a measure to ease the power deficit in the Country. Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa says the cost will go up to US$ 20.5 million per month if other costs are added. Mr. Nkhuwa says for government to pay this amount ...

Rev Godfridah Sumaili Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs, Reverend Godfridah Sumaili has called on the church and believers to pray for the affected families and the destructive wave that has befallen the African continent following Xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Reverend Sumaili has condemned the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa describing them as disruptive, unacceptable ...