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Muhammad Ali, who won Olympic Gold Medal as Cassius Clay in 1960, was without doubt the greatest boxer and a showman of immense talent, the most famous sport personality ever to grace boxing or indeed any sport. Unfortunately he carried on far too long and took too many punches that gave him Parkinson’s disease ruining his retirement when he hang up his boxing gloves in 1981.    

Cancer is the most dreaded illness that affects one in three of us. It sends shivers and until recently it was unavoidable death sentence. But recent advancement in personalized treatment which is six times more effective will give hope and comfort to cancer patients and their families. It will spare many patients from receiving unnecessary treatment with one size fits all treatment that include dreaded chemotherapy with loss of hair and terrible side-effects.

The above portmanteau, which are linguistic blend of words, on whether Britain should remain in the European Union (EU) or to come out of it, say it all. Britin stands for Britain to remain in the EU and Brexit stands for coming out. As the country is gearing up to the referendum on Thursday 23 June 2016, it is time to take stock and reflect on how being in the EU since 1973, ie for the last 43 years, has affected the country. The debate to remain in or to come out has reached fever pitch with leaders of opposing parties accusing one another and flinging accusations. The media is also awash with details on how one should vote and is keeping us up to speed on the latest developments.

Being overweight and having a large waistline increases the risk of prostate cancer, according to a study by University of Oxford.

Police are hunting a burglar who broke into Leicester's oldest Sikh temple and left a trail of destruction in his wake.

A newsagent who sold "legal highs" found to contain illegal substances was given a suspended jail sentence.

A drug dealer hid more than £2,000 worth of cannabis in his family home.

સેંકડો શાળાઓએ પરીક્ષાના સમયે રમઝાન મહિના દરમિયાન ઉપવાસ તોડવા મુસ્લિમ બાળકોને છૂટ આપવા પેરન્ટ્સને અનુરોધ કર્યો છે. રમઝાન ધીમે ધીમે ઉનાળુ પરીક્ષાની સીઝનમાં આવે છે અને આ વર્ષે જૂન ૬થી જુલાઈ ૫ દરમિયાન રમઝાન મહિનો છે. ત્રણ દાયકાથી વધુ સમયમાં સૌપ્રથમ વખત મોટા ભાગની પરીક્ષા આ ગાળામાં હશે. યુકેમાં દિવસના ઉપવાસના કલાકો લાંબા રહેતા હોવાથી વિદ્યાર્થીઓના પરિણામ પર અસર પડે તેવી ચિંતા શાળાઓ દ્વારા વ્યક્ત કરાઈ છે

એક ખાનગી ઉચ્ચ શાળા વેલિંગ્ટન કોલેજે બાળકો માટે છ કલાકની ઈન્ટર્વ્યૂ પ્રક્રિયા દાખલ કરી છે, જેનાથી ભારેખમ અભ્યાસ કરાવાયેલા અરજદાર બાળકોની વ્યક્તિગત વિશેષતાઓ બહાર લાવવામાં શિક્ષકોને મદદ મળે.