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My wonderful brother and an awful truth...a plea take notice of those with learning disabilities 

I worry about my brother Tom. He has Fragile X, the most common cause of inherited learning disability. He can't write, read or understand money. He refers to Covid-19 as 'this bloody flu virus'.




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Met Police officer is under investigation for posting jokey videos on TikTok while he's on duty

The London Metropolitan Police constable could become one of the UK's first officers to face misconduct proceedings over his use of the controversial video-sharing app.




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Ministers fear 'The Blob' - made up of political opponents - will sabotage reopening of schools

Ministers believe 'The Blob' - an army made up of political opponents and union barons - is colluding to politicise the coronavirus outbreak, The Mail on Sunday has learned.




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HARRY COLE: What's happening to the security service after official voiced social injustice worries?

Britain's spooks are showing distressing signs of wokeness. At a party, a senior British security official left reporters speechless with his self-flagellating concern about social injustice.




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Campaigners demand Boris Johnson launches public inquiry into deaths in BAME communities

In a letter to Mr Johnson on Sunday, campaigners said only an independent inquiry could get the 'critical' answers needed to explain the 'outsized effect' Covid-19 was having on BAME communities.




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Lockdown: Jeremy Corbyn's brother issued with fixed penalty notice

Piers Corbyn, 73, called the fine an 'abomination' and an 'attack on human rights' after he refused on numerous occasions to heed the police's polite requests in Central London today.




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Riot police clash with hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Berlin

In Berlin, hundreds of protesters swarmed Alexanderplatz yesterday, clashing with riot police officers and shouting 'We are the people!' and 'Freedom!'.




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Mum leaves the internet in stitches after microwaving lemons but was left with burnt marks 

An Australian woman attempted to clean her microwave using the lemon in water trick. But she missed the vital step of putting the citrus fruit in water, which resulted in heavily burnt lemons.




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Coles shopper shares his simple trick to folding shopping bags that will save you space 

A clever Australian shopper has demonstrated how to neatly fold reusable shopping bags to save pantry or drawer space in the kitchen. The bag is folded in certain ways to avoid unravelling.




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Exploring The Retreat at Blue Lagoon, Iceland's ultimate hideaway

The Mail on Sunday's Sarah Turner checked into The Retreat, which takes Iceland's most seminal experience - bathing in the milky waters of the Blue Lagoon - and raises it to new levels.




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China's president Xi Jinping 'personally requested WHO delay a COVID-19 pandemic warning'

German publication Der Spiegel published the bombshell claims that come from their country's Federal Intelligence Service known as the 'Bundesnachrichtendienst', or BND.




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Transfer news: Nemanja Matic 'offered to AC Milan and Inter' with Man United future uncertain

Manchester United are willing to let Nemanja Matic leave the club after offering him to AC Milan and Inter Milan, according to Calciomercato. 




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Man City boss Pep Guardiola reveals Aymeric Laporte will be out for SIX months with knee injury

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has revealed Aymeric Laporte will be out of action for 'five to six months' with a serious knee injury sustained during the club's victory over Brighton.




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Juventus 'join Real Madrid and Bayern Munich' in race for young Tottenham striker Troy Parrott 

According to Calcio Mercato , Parrott is in high demand having impressed Mauricio Pochettino during pre season games against Real Madrid, Inter and Juve.




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West Ham 'outbid Bayern Munich' to sign striker Sebastien Haller for £45m from Eintracht Frankfurt 

West Ham United were able to see off interest from Bayern Munich to secure the club-record signing of Sebastien Haller from Eintracht Frankfurt for £45million this summer.




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Mauricio Pochettino hopes to provide Ryan Sessegnon with tools for success at Tottenham

Tottenham will do everything they can to provide new signing Ryan Sessegnon with the platform he needs to flourish, says manager Mauricio Pochettino.




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Football supporters believe clubs aren't doing enough in the fight against gambling addiction 

More than 1,200 supporters were surveyed to mark the launch of a partnership between the Football Supporters' Association and GambleAware's 'Bet Regret' campaign.




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Hertfordshire Police open investigation after Mark Sampson receives threatening messages

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES AND ADRIAN KAJUMBA: Hertfordshire Police have opened an investigation into allegations that Mark Sampson received threatening messages.




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Everton news: Marco Silva insists Michael Keane can move past England howler

Everton defender Keane was responsible for the mistake that led to Kosovo's opening goal in the first minute of the Euro 2020 qualifier, which England won 5-3.




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Watford news: Circle of life moves again at Vicarage Road as Quique Sanchez Flores makes his return

Perhaps the images of Sir Elton John on the walls had a subliminal impact as Quique Sanchez Flores eased back into the Watford groove by talking about the unforgiving circle of life for modern bosses.




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Leicester news: Hamza Choudhury insists 'I've never gone out to hurt anybody'

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY IAN LADYMAN: Sometimes, it takes more than a Premier League appearance or two to make you feel you belong. Sometimes, you need a little help.




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Frankie Dettori to partner red-hot favourite Logician in £700,000 St Leger at Doncaster

MARCUS TOWNEND AT DONCASTER: Bookmakers could be crushed under a Frankie Dettori-inspired Classic avalanche when the Italian partners red-hot favourite Logician.




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2019 Rugby World Cup: Dan Biggar brushes off criticism insisting that he 'isn't bothered'

For the last decade he has been savagely criticised as the No 10 - and he has had enough. 1970s legend JJ Williams to question him, saying Wales would not win the World Cup with Biggar at fly-half.




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Rob Lee pinpoints Newcastle's dramatic 4-3 defeat by Liverpool in 1996 as start of club's decline

Newcastle legend Rob Lee believes that the Magpies' infamous 4-3 defeat by Liverpool during the 1995/96 Premier League title race marked the start of the club's decline.




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Manchester United news: Paul Pogba one of seven players out for Norwich clash

Premier League clubs have been hit by a spate of injuries as top flight action returns this weekend after the international break...




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Tottenham news: Mauricio Pochettino believes Spurs could face more disruption over players' futures

The likes of Christian Eriksen and Victor Wanyama were expected to leave in the summer but both have remained in north London, with Pochettino insisting they are in his plans.




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Michael Owen reveals teenage son suffers with degenerative eye condition and won't be a footballer

Owen has revealed that his 13-year-old son, James, was diagnosed with Stargardt disease several years ago, which means his retina will slowly degenerate, causing a loss of vision.




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Bournemouth vs Everton LIVE - Premier League 2019/20: Kick-off time, channel, lineups and more

Bournemouth host Everton in today's Premier League clash at Dean Court. Sportsmail's Sam McEvoy will provide live coverage for Bournemouth vs Everton  including score, lineups and build-up.




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Watford vs Arsenal LIVE - Premier League 2019/20: Kick-off time, channel, lineups and more

Quique Sanchez Flores takes charge of his first game back as Watford manager after replacing Javi Gracia in the dugout. Sportsmail's SAM McEVOY will provide live coverage for the tie.




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Barnsley and Leeds investigate crowd trouble at Oakwell after police make three arrests

Barnsley and Leeds have announced they are 'working together' to assess the crowd trouble which marred Sunday's derby clash at Oakwell.




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OLIVER HOLT: What will be left of cricket once we've mourned a summer of emptiness?

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: With the coronavirus shutting down sport, there is now a worry over the survival of county cricket clubs due to the financial impact of the sport's shutdown.




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STUART BROAD answers all your cricket - and non-cricket - questions

STUART BROAD: What a wonderful selection of questions you have emailed in over the last week. We are sadly limited in the number we can publish but I enjoyed reading every one.




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Partick Thistle fume at Scottish Premiership's dismissal of proposal to restructure football pyramid

A task force had been commissioned to consider a revamped three-division system following the cancellation of the 2019/20 season at Championship level and below, but was disbanded.




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British racing hopes for the best as French close in on return to action amid coronavirus pandemic 

Racing returns in France on Monday and this might be seen as a positive for British officials hoping for encouraging news about their hopes to re-start the sport.




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Justin Gaethje inflicts brutal punishment on Tony Ferguson at UFC 249

Justin Gaethje delivered the performance of his career to inflict a brutal beating on Tony Ferguson and set up a mouth-watering showdown with Khabib Nurmagomedov for the lightweight title. 




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YouTuber Etika live-streamed as police detained him months before died

Desmond Amofah, inset, better known as Etika, was found in the East River on Monday. In April he shared a clip showing the moment cops broke down his door and shared erratic tweets, main.




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Adorable kitten with dwarfism lies on his back and kicks like a bunny

Potato, who has dwarfism and is smaller than normal-sized kittens, is a guest at Seattle Humane, an independent and not-for-profit animal rescue centre in Bellevue, Washington.




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Strictly's Saffron Barker on why she didn't wear a poppy

The YouTuber, 19, has explained why she didn't wear a poppy during her Salsa routine with pro partner AJ, 24, on Saturday's edition of the BBC series.




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Strictly star Saffron Barker's home was BURGLED as she slept

YouTube and Strictly Come Dancing star Saffron Barker has revealed her home - in which she lives with her family - was burgled last week, while everyone was asleep.




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Strictly's Saffron Barker credits routine with AJ Pritchard with helping her to sleep since burglary

The Vlogger, 19, was left petrified by the 3am raid on her Brighton home two weeks ago, but revealed that her training schedule has left exhausted enough to go to bed.




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Dhariwal Infrastructure Limited vs Maharashtra Electricity ... on 27 February, 2020

1. The Appellant is a generator maintaining and operating two units of coal-fired thermal generation plants. For purposes of setting up the said units, the construction work started some time in 2011. It had entered into an arrangement with the second Respondent (Discom) for supply of electricity for purposes of start-up, its need continuing the first unit having been commissioned on 11.02.2014 followed by the second unit commissioned on 02.08.2015.

2. The Appellant was a consumer for start-up power for the period 01.09.2013 to 31.05.2015. By the billing raised for supply of such electricity in terms of the Supply Agreement dated 07.01.2013, the Respondent Discom treated it as a commercial consumer on the reasoning that it would fall in the residual category, referring in this context to the tariff schedule, in absence of any separate category for start-up power consumer being specified in tariff schedule.




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Indian Railways vs Tamil Nadu Electricity Board ... on 27 February, 2020

1. Indian Railways, an establishment working under the control of the Central Government in terms of the Railways Act, 1989, has been constrained to come to this Tribunal by the present appeal under Section 111 of the Electricity Act, 2003 to assail the decision of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as "TNERC" Appeal No. 188 of 2019 & IA No.980 of 2019 Page 2 of 9 or "State Commission") dated 25.03.2019 passed in Petition No. M.P. 4 of 2019, declining to entertain the request, inter-alia, for direction to the respondents - State Transmission and Distribution Companies - to process the application and grant non-discriminatory open access based on its claim of being a deemed licensee with certain other ancillary reliefs, the prime reason being that the State Commission was not satisfied with the "form" in which such petition had been presented.




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Ayana Ananthapuramu Solar ... vs Andhra Pradesh Electricity ... on 27 February, 2020

Mr. Hemant Sahai Mr. Aditya K. Singh Ms. Anukriti Jain Ms. Molshree Bhatnagar Ms. Puja Priyadarshini Counsel for the Respondent(s) : Mr. M. G. Ramachandran, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Ranjitha Ramachandran Ms. Poorva Saigal Ms. Anushree Bardhan Mr. Shubham Arya Ms. Tanya Sareen Mr. Arvind Kumar Dubey for R-2 2 Original Petition Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 of 2019 Mr. B. Adinarayana Rao, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma Mr. Nishant for R-3 & 4 Mr. Brahmanandam (Rep.) for R-5 ORIGINAL PETITION NO. 2 OF 2019 SB Energy Solar Private Limited 1st Floor, Worldmark-2, Asset Area-8, Hospitality District, Aerocity, NH-8, Delhi - 110037. .... PETITIONER Versus




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Ayana Ananthapuramu Solar ... vs Andhra Pradesh Electricity ... on 27 February, 2020

1. These Appeals are filed by the solar power plants challenging impugned order dated 05.10.2019 passed by Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (for short hereinafter referred to as "APERC" or "State Commission"). The petitions pending before APERC was for 9 Appeal Nos. 368, 369, 370, 371, 372 & 373 of 2019 approval for procurement of power by Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited and Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited, which are hereinafter referred to as "AP Discoms", at the tariff competitively determined.




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Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd vs Delhi Electricity Regulatory ... on 28 February, 2020

1. The present Execution Petition is filed by Tata Power Delhi Distribution Page 1 of 25 EP No.09 of 2016 in A. No. 171 of 2012 Limited ("TPDDL/Petitioner") for execution of the Judgment dated 10.02.2015 passed by this Tribunal in Appeal No. 171 of 2012. The said Appeal was filed by the Petitioner challenging the tariff order dated 13.07.2012 passed by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission ("Delhi Commission/Respondent") in Petition No. 05 of 2012 whereby, the true up of expenses of the Petitioner for FY 2010-11 and ARR for the Control Period FY 2012-13 to FY 2014-15 were determined. By the said judgment this Tribunal has inter-alia decided as under:-




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Azure Sunrise Private Limited vs Chamundeshwari Electricity ... on 28 February, 2020

1. The present Appeal No. 340 of 2016 has been preferred by M/s. Azure Sunrise Private Limited (Appellant) against the Impugned Order Dated 14th December, 2016 passed by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter the "State Commission") in Petition No. 19/ 2016 (hereinafter the "Petition"), wherein the State Commission has arbitrarily and unjustifiably retrospectively reduced the approved extension of time of 137 days granted by the distribution licensee, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (hereinafter the "CESCOM") to only 25 days, after more than 12 months of such extension being granted and acted upon by both the parties and has further recorded that the necessary consequences as per the terms of the PPA (as defined hereinafter) shall follow.




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Indian Captive Power Producers ... vs Gujarat Electricity Regulatory ... on 2 March, 2020

1. The present appeal has been filed by Indian Captive Power Producers Association (ICPPA) (Appellant) against the daily order dated 01.02.2019 ("impugned order") passed by the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission ("Respondent Commission") in Petition No. 1672 of 2017, preferred by the Appellant. Vide the present appeal, the Appellant is seeking necessary directions for expediting the proceedings in Petition No. 1672 of 2017 preferred by the Appellant. Under the aforesaid Petition, the Appellant is seeking amendment of the provisions of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Intra-State Open Access) Regulations, 2011 ("GERC OA Regulations, 2011") as detailed therein. However, even after a lapse of more than 2 years, the Respondent Commission has failed to hear the Petition on merits, thereby leading to a delay in deciding the said case.




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Swasti Power Limited vs Uttarakhand Electricity ... on 2 March, 2020

1. The present Appeal has been filed by the Swasti Power Limited ("Appellant") under Section 111 of the Electricity Act, 2003 ("Electricity Act"), challenging the legality, validity and propriety of the Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission's ("State Commission / Respondent No.1") Order dated 21.10.2015 in Petition No. 08 of 2015 ("Impugned Order") whereby the State Commission despite coming to the conclusion that the Respondents are in breach of their obligations towards construction of 220/33KV sub-station at Ghansali or in strengthening/augmentation of the existing 33KV evacuation system had erroneously dismissed the Petition filed by the Appellant while holding that there is no specific condition under the Power Wheeling Agreement dated 30.09.2005 and Power Purchase Agreement dated 03.07.2009 executed between the parties, under which the Appellant could be compensated for the loss of generation due to inactions of the Respondent No. 2 & 3.




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Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam ... vs Rajasthan Electricity ... on 3 March, 2020

2. The facts, which led to filing of this appeal, in brief, are as under:

Admittedly, the 2nd Respondent is the HT consumer of electricity having Contract Demand of 3500 KVA with the Appellant. It entered into an agreement on 10.10.2011 with the Appellant-Discom for supply of power in terms of above Contract of Demand.

3. Apparently, consumer company made an application for energy drawl from open access through IEX and it was considered as short term open access (STOA) consumer. Admittedly, in terms of Regulation 26(vii) of the RERC (Terms and conditions for Open access) Regulations 2016 (for short "Regulations of 2016"), every short term open access consumer shall provide the injection/drawl schedule (block- wise maximum power) for inter-State transactions every day to SLDC, RDPPC and the Distribution Licensee before 10:00 am of the day 3 preceding the day of drawl/injection as per the open access capacity sanctioned.




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Bamunara Industries Welfare ... vs West Bengal Electricity ... on 5 March, 2020

1. By this appeal, challenge has been brought to order dated 04.03.2015 of first Respondent i.e. West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (hereinafter variously referred to as "WBERC" or "State Commission") in case No. TP-55/13-14 thereby determining Multi Year Tariff (MYT) for the period beginning with financial year (FY) 2014-15 upto FY 2016-17 by which the appellant, representing a set of industrial consumers, claims to be adversely affected. The grievances of the Appellant relate to alleged inherent inconsistency in the approach on account of "excessive allowance of power purchase cost"; non-compliance of Tariff Regulations in matter relating to "Provisional Determination of Project Cost" of specific units; incorrect treatment of "non-tariff income"; and, erroneous "recurring" allowance of "interest on working capital loan" provided by Government of West Bengal without scrutiny as to delay in repayment.