Decode below three cipher riddles:

26 L of the A
7 D of the W
1000 Y in a M

Detective John was investigating a murder in China.
It was a difficult case, and John was completely stumped until he noticed a message sent to him by the killer cunningly hidden in a newspaper advertisement selling Car Licence Plates.
Detective John thought about it for a while, and when he had solved the puzzle, immediately arrested the guilty man.

Q1) How did John know the advert was a clue for him?

Q2) Solve the code and tell me who John arrested.

This is the newspaper advert (Car licence plates for sale) that Detective John saw.

Plates For Sale;

[W 05 NWO]
[H 13 HSR]
[O 05 EBM]
[D 08 UNE]
[U 10 HTY]
[N 04 BRE]
[N 16 TTE]
[I 26 LHC]
[T 10 AEE]
[I 26 CNA]
[X 22 VDA]

If,
29 - 1 = 30
9 - 1 = 10
14 - 1 = 15

Based on similar logic, Can you prove that the below algebraic equation is true?
11 - 1 = 10 ?

Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?

You need to remove two matchsticks to make the below equation true. Can you do it ?

The current time can be represented by below textual rebus.

0
=========
B.Sc
LLB

Can you tell us the current time?

People are waiting in line to board a 100-seat aeroplane. Steve is the first person in the line. He gets on the plane but suddenly can't remember what his seat number is, so he picks a seat at random. After that, each person who gets on the plane sits in their assigned seat if it's available, otherwise, they will choose an open seat at random to sit in. The flight is full and you are last in line. What is the probability that you get to sit in your assigned seat?

What number comes next in this sequence:
7 8 5 5 3 4 4 _

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?

What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?