Classic Abu Dhabi police cars on display

The forces of law and order in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai are globally renowned for their supercar collections.

Police in the UAE capital, though, have put a couple of vehicles on display that they used in times past.

A first generation Range Rover and a Porsche 924 are on show in Marina Mall, and it's somehow fitting that these vintage affairs are occupying the space once taken up by a woolly mammoth skeleton.

Admittedly, the fact they're not contemporary is the only thing the patrol cars and the Siberian fossil have in common as the vehicles date back to the 1970s and the tusked behemoth to around 15,000 years earlier.

The Range Rover and Porsche are undoubtedly old school though – these days, the capital's officers favour the likes of the latest Nissan Patrols and Toyota Landcruisers, with the odd Golf GTI thrown in. The Dubai force has gone one step further and put an order in for the ground-breaking (possibly literally) Ghiath, nicknamed the Beast Patrol from W Motors.

The 1970s cars, complete with their distinctive historical livery, will be on display until July 21.

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Family: I am happily married to my wife Liz and we have two children together.

Favourite music: Rock music. I started at a young age due to my father’s influence. He played in an Indian rock band The Flintstones who were once asked by Apple Records to fly over to England to perform there.

Favourite book: I constantly find myself reading The Bible.

Favourite film: The Greatest Showman.

Favourite holiday destination: I love visiting Melbourne as I have family there and it’s a wonderful place. New York at Christmas is also magical.

Favourite food: I went to boarding school so I like any cuisine really.

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One in four Americans don't plan to retire

Nearly a quarter of Americans say they never plan to retire, according to a poll that suggests a disconnection between individuals' retirement plans and the realities of ageing in the workforce.

Experts say illness, injury, layoffs and caregiving responsibilities often force older workers to leave their jobs sooner than they'd like.

According to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research, 23 per cent of workers, including nearly two in 10 of those over 50, don't expect to stop working. Roughly another quarter of Americans say they will continue working beyond their 65th birthday.

According to government data, about one in five people 65 and older was working or actively looking for a job in June. The study surveyed 1,423 adults in February this year.

For many, money has a lot to do with the decision to keep working.

"The average retirement age that we see in the data has gone up a little bit, but it hasn't gone up that much," says Anqi Chen, assistant director of savings research at the Centre for Retirement Research at Boston College. "So people have to live in retirement much longer, and they may not have enough assets to support themselves in retirement."

When asked how financially comfortable they feel about retirement, 14 per cent of Americans under the age of 50 and 29 per cent over 50 say they feel extremely or very prepared, according to the poll. About another four in 10 older adults say they do feel somewhat prepared, while just about one-third feel unprepared.

"One of the things about thinking about never retiring is that you didn't save a whole lot of money," says Ronni Bennett, 78, who was pushed out of her job as a New York City-based website editor at 63.

She searched for work in the immediate aftermath of her layoff, a process she describes as akin to "banging my head against a wall." Finding Manhattan too expensive without a steady stream of income, she eventually moved to Portland, Maine. A few years later, she moved again, to Lake Oswego, Oregon. "Sometimes I fantasise that if I win the lottery, I'd go back to New York," says Ms Bennett.

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Classic Abu Dhabi police cars on display

The vehicles in one of the capital's malls show how much things have changed since the 1970s

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets

Neil Thomson – THE BIO

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets

One in four Americans don't plan to retire

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