Water companies to face regular MOT-style checks in industry shake-up

Simon Jack,Business editorand Jonah Fisher,Climate correspondent Getty Images Inspections without notice, regular MOT-style checks and compulsory water efficiency labels on appliances are among the key measures in the government’s overhaul of the water industry. The government is describing the measures as the biggest overhaul of the water industry in England and Wales since privatisation. Environment…

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Valentino’s creations through the years

Getty Images Valentino walks the runway with Naomi Campbell and Gisele Bündchen at the end of his 1999/2000 Haute Couture show in Paris The late Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani, known as Valentino, has dressed some of the most famous women and men of recent decades. Since he co-founded the Valentino fashion house in 1960,…

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Live-in relationships may be recognised as love marriage: Madras High Court |

The Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench observed that women in live-in relationships deserve protection, drawing parallels to Gandharva marriage. Justice S. Srimathy rejected a man’s anticipatory bail plea, emphasizing that men who break marriage promises in such relationships can face legal consequences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court…

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