DUBAI'S GREAT..BUT I MISS RAIN

HOMESICK Kate Ferdinand admits that life in the Dubai sunshine with hubby Rio and their three youngest children has left her yearning for rainy England.

- by ROSS KANIUK

While their youngest son Cree, five, is already a gifted linguist - speaking Mandarin and Arabic - she is struggling and has set herself a target of learning just one Arabic word a week.

Choking back tears, Kate, 34, who moved to Dubai from Bromley, southeast London, last August, said: "I just miss my family and friends.