News

• Testing times

  No local knowledge, no residency, for UAE expats

  New hotel rules

  Hotels in the capital to be regraded over the summer

  Swine Flu UAE latest

  Leaflets on flights to educate travellers

  More speed cameras

  Hidden speed cameras set up to catch offenders

  Palazzo Versace Dubai

  Luxury hotel on track - but beach plans scrapped

  Flight news

  You can now buy Air Arabia tickets online

  Shopping bag ban

  Plastic shopping bags will soon be banned in the UAE

  Dubai crackdown

  Dozens of dodgy goods and illegal vendors seized

  Palm health problems

  Kids at Palm Jumeirah getting ill after using pools

  School news

  The UAE school year will start after Eid

  More Maldives flights

  Extra flights to tourist hotspots from Dubai to meet demand

  Darts in Dubai

  The world's top players headed to Dubai for competition in January

  Summer work hours ban

  Construction workers will not have to labour in hottest hours from now on

  Dubai schools failing

  And only two improved in time for second inspections...

  Paris Hilton in Abu Dhabi

  The party girl hits Emirates Palace tonight

  Rent news

  Rents in Dubai rose in June, according to a new report

  Public transport news

  1800 buses for Dubai by the end of the year

  UAE wins bid

  Abu Dhabi will be home to the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena)

  New lunch deal

  Get 50% of your bill back in vouchers when you have lunch at Le Meridien Dubai this summer

  Paris in Beirut

  Paris Hilton will be leaving Dubai to party in Lebanon this weekend

  Burqa debate

  Almost half of people questioned oppose the Burqa

  Dubai Olympic plan

  The next games could be held in the UAE

  Pay to park at MOE?

  We could soon have to pay to park at Mall of the Emirates

  Sheikh Mohammed joins Facebook

  The Dubai ruler is said to have joined the social networking site

  Bid for your break

  The Monarch Dubai will hold an online auction

  UAE football news

  UAE football stars to play for Portsmouth

  Metro madness

  Almost half of people questioned vow to stick to their cars

  Paris Hilton in Dubai

  Paris hits Quantum tonight - be there!

  Dubai rents news

  Prices will continue dropping - especially apartments

  Summer Fiesta at Ibn Battuta

  Summer Fiesta means fun at Ibn Battuta - rollerskating anyone?