UAE in a minute for October 5, 2017

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

Dubai is set to modify more than a 1,000 existing buildings to cater for those with disabilities, including schools, hospitals and hotels. Pawan Singh / The National
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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.

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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