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Can you evict tenants right now?



TENANTS have been issued more protection amid the coronavirus outbreak as the pandemic forces many people into financial hardship, but can you evict tenants right now?




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Revealed: What happened to Margaret Thatcher's first Right to Buy council house



MARGARET THATCHER's first Right To Buy council house was purchased for more than 20 times its original value 33 years later, unearthed reports reveal.




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Anthony Joshua next fight: Eddie Hearn reveals AJ's next outing could be abroad



Anthony Joshua is scheduled to return to action in July.




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Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury: Status of Middle East fight talks revealed by promoter



Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are within touching distance of fighting one another.




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Tyson Fury promoter claims Anthony Joshua not truly keen on heavyweight unification fight



A heavyweight title unification between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is closer than ever.




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Flights: Virgin Atlantic engineer shares the weirdest things he’s found in plane toilets



AIRCRAFT engineers are on hand to do everything from small bits of daily maintenance at the end of a flight, to fixing major issues to avoid a fatal emergency. However, they also have the task of unclogging toilets - discovering some very bizarre items along the way.




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Midnight Sun: New Twilight book revealed as Stephenie Meyer drops massive news



MIDNIGHT SUN is finally being released, the brand new novel in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight franchise, which will be told all from Edward Cullen's perspective.




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Midnight Sun release date: When will Stephenie Meyer's new book be out?



STEPHENIE MEYER, known for her Twilight book series has announced a new edition to the saga but when will the book be out?




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Championship top scorers: Can Watkins take outright lead over Mitrovic?



Championship action continues this week but who are the league's top scorers?




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Premier League quiz questions and answers: Test your knowledge of the top-flight



Premier League quiz questions are a great way of testing your top-flight knowledge with friends and family.




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Premier League faces major problem as Brighton chief has support to derail restart



Premier League clubs have a crunch meeting on Monday to talk about ‘Project Restart'.




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F-35 jets fly over Utah as tribute to workers on frontline of COVID-19 fight

F-35 jets fly over Utah as tribute to workers on frontline of COVID-19 fight

       




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Local saddlemaker discusses the iconic western saddle and what it takes to build it right

Saddlemaker Steve Hafen talks about what it takes to build a saddle to last generations, and how family and hard work are key components in his life.

       




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Voting rights march kicks off month of Art & Soul performances

Art & Soul celebrates African-American art and artists in Indiana. The event coincides with Black History Month.

      




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We can't visit Newfields right now. Here's a photo tour of its blooming, flowery gardens.

Newfields' gardens usually draw thousands of visitors this time of year. While it's closed because of the coronavirus, see a photo tour of the blooms.

       




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Here's what visiting museums could be like once they reopen during the coronavirus fight

As The Children's Museum, Newfields and others wait for the OK to reopen, they are strategizing how to keep visitors safe from the coronavirus spread.

       




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Retro Indy: Vintage life hacks your grandma might have used

From restoring a corset to avoiding banana unpleasantness, some of these hints are still helpful today.

      




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How Indiana has fought back against past disease outbreaks

Epidemics aren't new. This is how Hoosiers have weathered them in the past.

      




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Right time to bench the B-team, says JUDY FINNIGAN



I FEAR that holding Downing Street media briefings about the virus every single afternoon is now totally counterproductive.




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Letters: Indiana Chamber: Holcomb is the right leader for Indiana

The best way for Indiana to continue its momentum and move forward is with Holcomb's leadership, a letter to the editor says.

      




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Letters: Reproductive rights often overlooked in health care debate

For too long, the health of women has been controlled by legislatures that are majority male or biased by their own religious beliefs, a letter says.

      




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Letters: Buttigieg has a bright future in politics and government

Once he pads his resume, former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg can run again for a higher office, a letter to the editor says.

      




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How large gatherings are hurting the coronavirus fight

The death of a 16-year-old girl killed by a stray bullet in Indianapolis is a dramatic example of how large gatherings are hurting the coronavirus fight and leading to increased violence in the city.

       




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Butler exploring transfer market but cautious about the right fit

LaVall Jordan on transfers: 'We'd rather have nobody than the wrong guy.'

      




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NCAA said spring-sport seniors can get extra year. One school says they can't. Why it might not be alone.

Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez announced his school will not submit waivers for spring-sport seniors to regain a year of eligibility.

       




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Butler hall of famer, ex-Marian coach Ed Schilling Sr. dies following COVID-19 fight

Schilling — otherwise known as "Big Ed" or "Big Chill" — died Thursday at Witham Hospital in Lebanon. He was 75.

       




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5 Indiana reasons to pay attention on Oscar night

Here are five Indiana reasons to pay attention to Academy Awards night.

      




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Man arrested after shooting at Friday night social gathering in Noblesville

Police say a scuffle at a Friday night gathering in Noblesville, Indiana, led to a man shooting another man.

       




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Dallara transforms local IndyCar shop for fight against COVID-19

As Dallara's Stefano DePonti saw his parent company begin to manufacture parts for ventilators back in Italy, he knew the IndyCar shop needed to step in to help fight COVID-19.

      




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Varvel: Drawing California Firefighters

Watch Gary Varvel's time lapse video of his process of drawing heroes.

      




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Cartoonist Gary Varvel: California firefighters

A great crisis produces great people and great courage

      




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Matthew Tully: Carmel grad fights to bring child home from Honduras

Family faces uncertainty about whether 4-year-old boy can join them in U.S.

      




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Tully: As Congress fights, a Dreamer just wants to 'pay it forward'

Sandy Rivera is one of roughly 800,000 DACA program participants whose futures hang in the balance of a congressional debate.

      




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Tully: In the fight against gun violence, can't we reach for greatness?

The latest school shooting seemed to come with a feeling of resignation that nothing will change. We can't let that feeling dominate.

      




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Wild Wednesday drag racing: 'This is a run what you brung night.'

Wild Wednesday drag racing: 'This is a run what you brung night.'

      




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QB Ben Easters has career-night as Brownsburg bounces back against Fishers

The Kansas commit threw five touchdown passes against a defense that entered the game allowing just 6.5 points per game.

      




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Brownsburg boys defeat Plainfield for third straight Hendricks County title

Brownsburg defeats Plainfield, 55-43

      




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Connor Lucas' scorching hot night leads No. 4 Brownsburg past No. 9 Westfield

"I feel like, if I get hot, I'm one of the best shooters in the state," said the Brownsburg senior.

      




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Olympics can wait — Plainfield diver Daryn Wright first wants state title

Daryn Wright has a résumé, and a routine, unlike any other girl in this weekend's state swimming and diving championships.

      




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Oligarch says will sell to BP at right price

My colleague Tanya Beckett has conducted a rare and fascinating interview with Viktor Vekselberg, one of the billionaire oligarchs who co-own TNK-BP with BP - and who have fallen out with BP over BP's desire to form a business relationship with Rosneft, Russia's largest energy group, which would involve BP and Rosneft taking stakes in each other.

It implies, perhaps for the first time, that there may be a solution to a dispute that has damaged BP's reputation and jeopardised the value of its very substantial assets in Russia.

Because of the tensions that have arisen with AAR, the group that represents the oligarchs, BP in collaboration with Rosneft would dearly love to buy AAR's half share in TNK-BP. But their offer of $27bn for 50% of TNK-BP, which values the whole of TNK-BP at $54bn, was rejected earlier this month.

All may not be lost for BP, however. Mr Vekselberg suggests that a sale is possible. He tells Tanya Beckett:

"Of course it can be happen, for sure. If it will be [an] interesting proposal for us according to our understanding of (the) valuation of this company, of course we can accept. So far we have not received this."

So what would be an "interesting" valuation of TNK-BP? Well those close to the oligarchs say that they value TNK-BP at more than $70bn.

It's not clear BP and Rosneft are prepared to pay as much that. The difficulty for BP is that if it fails to reach an accommodation with Mr Vekselberg and his colleagues on price, then it will be stuck in a difficult place - because BP will have been publicly humiliated by the failure to consummate the Rosneft deal and will somehow have to rebuild relations with AAR in order to continue to extract billions of dollars in dividends from TNK-BP.

BP's partnership with AAR is in tatters, as Mr Vekselberg makes clear, in emotive terms, because of AAR's conviction, upheld in arbitration proceedings, that BP's proposed deal with Rosneft breached its contract with AAR:

"The picture is really simple. TNK-BP was created eight years ago, 2003. It was created like [a] joint venture between Russian shareholders and BP, huge global player... The company grew very active; it's now one of the best companies - not just Russian but internationally, because we have investment outside Russia...
 
And really I personally was surprised, I was surprised why BP decided to do something which [was] not according to our shareholders agreement. I am not surprised why BP would like to do this but I am surprised why they did it without any consulting or even just like, just inform us about that (sic). I was very upset, I am still upset even now".

Mr Vekselberg says he is "not so interested in money". The billionaire
adds: "I have enough money, for my life, for my family, for all that".
But "we are businessmen, we are not ideological or something", so of course a sale to BP and Rosneft "can happen".

So what would occur if BP and Rosneft were to make him several billion dollars richer? "I am already very upset" he says "but I will [be] double upset if I have to decide to sell. It's because I dedicated for this company almost like 15 years".

These remarks by Mr Vekselberg are a sign that the impasse over the purchase by BP and Rosneft of AAR's stake in TNK-BP can be overcome.
It offers hope to BP, perhaps for the first time, that it may be able to buy AAR out of the joint venture by the time of the May 16 extended deadline set by Rosneft.

But here's the question? Is the price that Mr Vekselberg and his fellow billionaires will accept one that BP's owners will see as acceptable?

Some of them are already dubious about the terms of the new partnership it wants to form with Rosneft. At a time when BP remains financially stretched by the costs of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, BP's shareholders won't want it to further enrich Mr Vekselberg more than is strictly necessary.

For more on the Vekselberg interview, see Russia Business Report.




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Cavin: Josef Newgarden to Penske the right move

Don't blame Josef Newgarden for leaving Ed Carpenter's popular IndyCar Series team, and don't blame powerful Team Penske for signing Newgarden. It's the right thing to do for the employee and his new employer.

       




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How fifth, eighth graders are preparing to leave elementary, middle school away from peers

With schools closed, fifth and eighth grade students navigate the transition from elementary to middle school or middle to high school on their own.

       




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HSE's Mabor Majak hopes to make an impact right away at Cleveland State

Hamilton Southeastern senior averaged 8.4 points and 5.7 rebounds as a junior

       




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Doyel #senior class: Miranda Stickel ran on legs she knew might break

Chatard's Miranda Stickel was so determined to return to state, she ran on legs she knew might break. Then the coronavirus pandemic ended her career.

       




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Today's number: Eight billion

I don't like to reduce the hard work of the much respected Institute for Fiscal Studies and Morgan Stanley to a single number. Their annual Green Budget is after all 299 pages long. (It is nothing to do with environment...



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Indy fights coronavirus | IndyStar investigates elderly care

Plus, candidates line up to replace Susan Brooks. Restaurants give in time of need. Indy finally puts up streetlights. Legislation to help casino fails.

      




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Gov. Eric Holcomb rejects landlord-tenant bill, saying it's 'not the right time'

Holcomb's veto, only his second as governor, provides a win to hundreds of advocates who had all but begged for his support in recent weeks.

      




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The fight against RFRA isn't over. Meet its conservative opponent.

It's been five years since Indiana's controversial Religion Freedom and Restoration Act was passed, igniting a firestorm.

      




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Mike Pence to visit Indiana GM plant now making ventilators to fight the coronavirus

Vice President Mike Pence will visit Indiana next week to spotlight an automotive plant making ventilators to fight the COVID 19 pandemic.

       




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New Colts quarterback Jacob Eason has spent his entire career under the weight of expectation

Eason, a five-star recruit who was a freshman starter at Georgia before transferring to Washington, is used to the weight of expectation