The top 12 earners on the BBC’s latest list of star salaries are all men. Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has overtaken Chris Evans as the best-paid person on the list, earning between £1.75m-£1.76m in 2017-18. Evans, Graham Norton, Jeremy Vine and John Humphrys are among those to have seen their pay drop since last year. Claudia Winkleman ...

The FA has been fined 70,000 Swiss francs (£50,000) after Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Raheem Sterling wore “unauthorised” socks at the World Cup. The players wore branded ankle support socks over official Nike socks, ignoring a Fifa warning to stop. Fifa said the FA’s fine was for “breaching media and marketing regulations and the Fifa equipment regulations”. The fine ...

Defending champion Roger Federer is out of Wimbledon after eighth seed Kevin Anderson fought back from two sets down in a gripping quarter-final. Top seed Federer, who was aiming for a record-equalling ninth singles title, missed a match point in the third set. It proved pivotal as the South African recovered to win 2-6 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-4 13-11 in ...

A day after Germany’s outspoken Interior Minister Horst Seehofer joked that 69 Afghan migrants were deported on his 69th birthday, it has emerged that one of the group has died. The 23-year-old failed asylum seeker had lived in Germany for eight years. His body was found in temporary accommodation on Tuesday, six days after being flown to Kabul. Political opponents ...

US President Donald Trump has urged Nato allies to commit 4% of their annual output (GDP) to military spending – double the current target. The White House confirmed he had made the remarks during the Western military alliance’s summit in Brussels. Earlier, Mr Trump criticised Germany over its defence spending and energy reliance on Russia. Nato’s secretary-general said the main ...

Minister of Tourism and Arts, Charles Banda says the new Statutory Instrument (SI) No. 14 of 2018 on Accommodation Standards is a major milestone in accommodation grading in Zambia. Speaking during the launch of the SI, Mr Banda said the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa (RETOSA) in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat in 2011 started working on a project ...

Lusaka mayoral candidates have been called upon to stop using deceitful messages to try to woo support from voters. Some residents talked to in Lusaka have told QTV news that some campaign messages by mayoral candidates are not realistic. The residents have noted that certain pronouncements by the candidates cannot be actualized. Meanwhile some Chipata township residents have appealed to ...

Minister of Agriculture, Michael Katambo has announced that government will commence the distribution of supplies under the Farmer Input Support Program for the 2018/2019 framing season on 1st September, 2018. And a total of K175 million is owed to suppliers of Agro inputs who were contracted during the 2016 to 2018 farming seasons. Speaking when he delivered a ministerial statement ...

Chief Government Spokesperson, Dora Siliya says President Edgar Lungu will continue to travel with or without austerity measures in place. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka, Ms Siliya, however, states that this does not mean that the President will travel unnecessarily. She says each trip President Lungu makes abroad are about the country and not about him as an ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) should not wait until Zambia is on fire for it to take the issue of the escalating political violence seriously. UPND Secretary General, Stephen Katuka says his party is very concerned that the ECZ is taking the issue of political violence lightly. Mr. Katuka says the ...