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DAN HYDE explains why Philip Hammond's plan is flawed in practice 

Few can defend the way that letting agents hit tenants with rip-off administrative fees. These firms cash in every time someone rents a new home, writes DAN HYDE.




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Kontaveit's coach Sears jokes about advice from son-in-law Murray at the Australian Open

MIKE DICKSON IN MELBOURNE: Four years on from his terrifying collapse on the Rod Laver Arena Nigel Sears will be back in the Australian Open for a big match.




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Luis Suarez's lawyer accuses FIFA of 'draconian, totalitarian and fascist' ban of Uruguay striker for World Cup bite

Luis Suarez's lawyer has condemned FIFA's punishment of the Uruguay striker for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini as 'draconian, totalitarian and fascist', and said an appeal will go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).




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Premier League lawyers 'investigating illegal broadcasting of top-flight matches by Saudi Arabia'

beIN Sports shone a light on Saudi Arabia's involvement in the piracy of matches, highlighting the Premier League's unsuccessful attempts to take legal action against satellite provider Arabsat.




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Five Ashes 'dead rubbers' that mattered: Lawrence Booth

TOP SPIN SPECIAL: England’s Ashes hopes are long gone, but here Sportsmail looks at five final Ashes Tests which were ‘dead rubbers’ but had ramifications beyond the result of the game.




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Scotland call up Lawrence Shankland for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Russia and San Marino

The former Ayr player has been selected for next month's European Championship qualifiers against Russia and San Marino after netting 15 goals in his first 12 games for his new club.




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Government let Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid game go ahead in a 'flawed' herd immunity push

The match has since received a huge amount of scrutiny after a huge crowd of 54,000 - with 3,000 fans arriving from Madrid - were allowed to attend the match, against the advice of the WHO.




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Covington student settles with CNN for undisclosed amount in $275million lawsuit

Nicholas Sandmann had been seeking $275 million in damages from CNN over their coverage of the confrontation he had with activist Nathan Phillips during a field trip to DC in Jan. 2019.




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Joe Biden vanishes from campaign trail, prepares for Delaware

Vice President Joe Biden has slipped off the campaign trail, scheduling no events until Friday's Democratic New Hampshire debate.




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Stoke manager Michael O'Neill had the club clawing their way to safety before coronavirus hit

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY IAN LADYMAN: Instead of the intensity of a survival fight and the anticipation of a Euro 2020 play-off game, O'Neill is living his life in suspended animation.




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Jofra Archer was an instant hit for England... Lawrence Booth's Ashes series ratings

England beat Australia by 135 runs in the fifth Ashes test to see the series end as a draw after the tourists had already retained the urn. Sportsmail gives a rating to every player throughout the series.




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Behind the scenes at SPOTY: Denis Law catches up with Phil Neville while Ben Stokes cradles award

With another year's end came another installment of SPOTY, as England cricket star Ben Stokes picked up the honour. Sportsmail went behind the scenes to capture the special moments on reel.




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Kevin Hart has $60m federal sex tape lawsuit against him dismissed but accuser is free to file AGAIN

Kevin Hart has had his $60 million sex tape lawsuit dismissed. Montia Sabbag, 28, filed documents last year accusing the comedian of secretly recording her while they had sex.




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Former Bradford winger Jamie Lawrence offers the nation a taste of top-flight training

With exercise options reduced with gyms across the country now shut under government orders Lawrence is streaming his own brand of home workouts online at 8am every morning.




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Facing turf questions: You don't have to drench a lawn with chemicals every springtime

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for making gardens more sustainable, while at home amid the Corona crisis. British gardening expert advises using a lawn fertiliser to boost the growth of lawns.




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Tom Lawrence named in Wales squad for upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers

The Derby forward, who was charged with drink driving last month, has retained his place in Ryan Giggs' squad after returning to action for his club on Wednesday in their 2-2 draw at Barnsley.




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Ryan Giggs insists it was difficult to call up Tom Lawrence amid drink-driving controversy

Ryan Giggs says Tom Lawrence should be able to 'get on with his career' while he awaits his fate in his drink-drive case. Lawrence has been selected for Wales' European qualifiers.




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Bride's mother-in-law calls her wedding a 'gift grab' after learning they were already married

Reddit user Brideandgroom19 said they wed a year and a half ago because she had 'serious health issues' at the time and needed to join his health insurance,




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Woman reveals her brother-in-law won't donate sperm unless she and her husband meet his demands

Reddit user LatePublic took to the 'AmITheA**hole' forum to ask if she was wrong for blowing up at her husband's brother Eric for the way he turned them down.




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Xiaomi security cams shunned by Google after flaw streams strangers' video feed to wrong person

Google revoked Xiaomi's ability to integrate with its Home app or Google Assistant after some devices started to mysteriously stream video feed from strangers' cameras.




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Wedding guest branded 'disrespectful' for wearing 'atrocious' white dress to sister-in-law's big day

The bride who shared the photograph on Reddit, from an unknown location, said she is now 'low contact' with her sister-in-law following her wearing a white dress to her wedding.




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Melbourne lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson sues Google to unmask an anonymous reviewer

Barrister and solicitor Zarah Garde-Wilson, 42, believes the review was written by an a competitor and filed a lawsuit against Google in the Federal Court on Monday.




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Apple offering FREE replacement for battery cases after flaw that prevents them from charging

Apple will replace cases with built-in chargers for its XS, XS Max, and XR models after issues prevented them from charging the case and sometimes the devices they were attached to.




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Blac Chyna claims she never injured her ex Rob Kardashian and wants his lawsuit against her tossed

As the latest chapter in a lengthy legal battle against her ex Rob Kardashian, Blac Chyna is claiming she never physically harmed him.




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A flaw in chips powering Wi-Fi routers left more than ONE BILLION devices open to being hacked

A patch has been issued, but researchers, who revealed the flaw for the first time at a security conference, say it exposed data being sent from a device over at-home and enterprise networks.




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Coronavirus: UN social distancing app 1point5 beset by flaws

United Nations Technology Innovation Labs (UNTIL) iPhone and Android app uses bluetooth to measure the distance to other phones and devices.




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Aldi shopper left baffled after purchasing a Kevin the Carrot toy with  MAJOR design flaw

Aldi shopper Michelle Denny, from Fallowfield, Manchester was left baffled after she purchased a toy of the store's festive character, Kevin the Carrot, with an upside down face.




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New law would hold Amazon and eBay liable for counterfeit items sold by third-party retailers

A new law introduced in the US House of Representatives would hold online retailers like Amazon and eBay liable for counterfeit products sold through their platforms.




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'There's no question he was murdered': Lawyer for Carole Baskin's ex-husband says he was killed

Carole Baskin's first husband Don Lewis was murdered and would not have left his big cat sanctuary without force, his lawyer Joseph Fritz claims.




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Carole Baskin's missing ex-husband was 'strangled and thrown out of an airplane', his lawyer claims

Don Lewis' former lawyer Joseph Fritz claims that his client was murdered and was likely lured to the airport over an aircraft deal, but was then strangled and thrown out of a plane.




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Why India needs robust space law

A long-awaited draft on Indian space law has finally been unveiled. It is called the Space Activities Bill, 2017, and its main objective is to 'promote and regulate space activities in India.'




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Honeypreet claims to have no money to hire lawyer

Police arrested Honeypreet on suspicion of trying to help Ram Rahim escape jail and for helping to incite the protests following his conviction earlier this year, but she claims to have no money for legal help.




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Uber 'ready to settle civil lawsuit' with Indian woman

Indian woman accused the ride-hailing company of offensive conspiracy theories after she reported rape.The incident resulted in a ban from operating in the Capital, which was lifted in 2015.




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Lawyer in Nirbhaya stuns court with 'bribe claim'

During the hearing of the plea, seeking a review of the death penalty confirmed by the Supreme Court in May, advocate ML Sharma accused the 'state and police of bribing the victim's mother and father.




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AirAsia outfits 'too revealing' say Malaysian lawmakers

The uniforms of air stewardesses for AirAsia and Firefly could arouse passengers as they are 'too revealing', according to a Senator Abdullah Mat Yasim in Malaysian Parliament yesterday.




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'Insurance' firm Home and General billed my in-laws twice for the same TV

An elderly couple in their eighties who both had dementia were sold £125 'insurance' for the same TV twice by the same company under different names.




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Derby County vow to 'strongly contest' EFL's 'unlawful' charge over breach of spending regulations

Phillip Cocu's side are facing a 21-point deduction after being charged with breaking profit and sustainability (P&S) rules for the three-year period ending June 2018.





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External Affairs Minister meets Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Foreign Minister of Oman on his arrival in Muscat





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External Affairs Minister meets Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Foreign Minister of Oman on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2020





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Modi govt's 3rd year to see many more crucial laws: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley said India, from policy paralysis, has transformed into the fastest growing global economy for two years in a row




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This lawyer's start-up is building a search engine for legal professionals

Legitquest's AI-based platform helps lawyers with issues, reasoning, decisions, arguments and facts of all Supreme Court judgments since 1950




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Govt to bring in law for construction vehicles industry

Motor Vehicles Act does not adequately address concerns of construction, mining and earth moving equipment makers




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Lawyers: Investigators recommend whistleblower is reinstated

Federal investigators have found reasonable grounds that a government whistleblower was punished for speaking out against widespread use of an unproven drug that President Donald Trump touted as a remedy for COVID-19, his lawyers said. Dr Rick Bright headed the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a unit of Department of Health and Human Services that focuses on countermeasures to infectious diseases and bioterrorism. He had received a job performance review of outstanding before he was summarily transferred last month, with his agency email cut off without warning. Investigators with the Office of Special Counsel made a threshold determination that HHS violated the Whistleblower Protection Act by removing Dr Bright from his position because he made protected disclosures in the best interest of the American public," his lawyers Debra Katz and Lisa Banks said in a statement Friday. The OSC is an agency that investigates allegations of egregious personnel practices in




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BSP attacks UP govt for exempting industries in state from some labour laws

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government for exempting industries in the state from some labour laws, saying it comes at a time when the condition of labourers is the "worst" during coronavirus pandemic. In a series of Hindi tweets, BSP chief Mayawati said, "Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the condition of labourers is perhaps the worst, and even then a mechanism has been implemented where instead of 8 hours of work, they are made to work for 12 hours. This is very sad and unfortunate. Change in labour laws should be in the interest of the labourers." "Babasaheb BR Ambedkar had brought the concept of overtime, if the labourers had worked for more than 8 hours in a day, when exploitation of labour was at its peak. Is it correct to push the country to that era," she asked in another tweet. The BSP chief also said, "Keeping the current situation prevailing in the country, the labour laws should be changed in a way, so that labourers working in a factory .




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Vadhan's new book deals with corruption, vigilantism, law

In Vadhan's new book, there is an anti-hero who takes law into his hands but the author says this is not meant to glorify vigilantism and the character's only agenda is to enforce law through a fiery and extreme form of justice system and not destabilize anything. The story of "Fear of God" weaves law, corruption, vigilantism and courtroom drama to follow the three central characters who are looking to achieve the same thing but through different means. A parliamentarian is brutally murdered. The vigilante's next target is a war hero and top constitutional lawyer. A top police officer has to race against time to stop the killings. The vigilante is as devious as he is effective in instilling the fear of God into those who think they are above the law. When asked whether the anti-hero taking law into his hands in a way glorifies vigilantism, Vadhan says, "But then, what is the goal of this anti-hero? Is he a voice against law? He only reiterates that one has to obey the law to be ...




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Exemption from labour laws in Guj for new industrial units

The Gujarat government on Saturday announced exemption from certain labour laws for 1,200 days to firms that want to set up new units in the state in order to "boost economic activities" post-lockdown. Earlier, governments of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh had offered concessions from labour regulations in their states to attract investment. The government also announced relief amid coronavirus pandemic for industries which use natural gas supplied by Gujarat Gas, a subsidiary of state-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, by giving more time to pay gas bills. "Companies in Gujarat, India and abroad willing to bring new projects and set up new units in the state will be freed from labour laws for 1,200 days, except those related to the minimum wages and industrial safety," said Ashwani Kumar, secretary to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Local MSME owners willing to set up new units will also get this exemption, he said. In a tweet, Chief Minister's Office said that ...




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Man held for raping, blackmailing 17-year-old in Rajasthan's Jhalawar

A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a girl on multiple occasions, recording the act and using it to blackmail her in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district, police said. The incident took place in a village under the Khanpur Police Station limits and the arrest was made on Friday, they said. The 17-year-old girl and her father had approached the Jhawalar SP with their complaint on Thursday, following which a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, DSP and Circle Officer Bhanwar Singh Hada, who is investigating the case, said. The accused, identified as Saddam Hussain Pinjara, was on Saturday produced before a Jhalawar court which sent him to two days' police remand. In her complaint, the minor alleged that the accused, who is her neighbour, took her to an isolated place around three months ago and raped her at knifepoint and also clicked her pictures and recorded the




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Back: the long arm of the law


Pushed to wall by a Supreme Court monitoring committee, Kerala's industries as well the state's pollution watchdog are finally seeking ways to reverse a reckless approach to hazardous waste management. There is no time to waste, reports C Surendranath.




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A road through the laws


A coastal tourism development project in Andhra Pradesh threatens the natural environment, puts livelihoods at risk, and quite possibly flouts the laws on several counts. Kanchi Kohli reports.