UAE in a minute for October 5, 2017

Making today's headlines: accessibility, food allergies and the Caribbean Beach Festival

Thousands of schools, hospitals and hotels in Dubai will be retrofitted over the next three years to make older buildings easier to access for people with disabilities.

Dubai to retrofit thousands of buildings to improve disabled access

Food allergy specialists have seen a 400 per cent increase in the number of children with serious nut allergies in the past five years.

> story coming soon

Pop singer Sean Kingston and his Jamaican compatriot Jah Cure will be headlining the Caribbean Beach Festival at Yas Beach in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

> Jah Cure on why he can't wait for his first UAE show since 2011 

Updated: October 05, 2017, 7:44 AM