Eye catching names seville, cordoba, granada and the costa del sol. But amid all the Recumbent Sun worshippers spread out On The Beaches, we found something secret hidden beneath the sands. Im meeting eddi pitcher, a Writer And Travel journalist who specialises in uncovering hidden places. Eddi, where are you taking me today . So we are taking the wild way to bolonia beach, and we can see that this is the way because weve got. Knotted Beach Grass here. There are no signs. So its. I said it was a wild way. Im definitely glad that eddis here to show me the way on this one. Wow, look at this. There you go. So youve got your Desert Dune there. Wow this is the bolonia sand dune, one of spains largest sand dunes, standing at over 30m high and 200m wide, all concealed within the estrecho nature park. Probably the best way to think about this coastline, which is endlessly shifting down the centuries, is as a living sand dune. And now, with climate change, the winds are getting stronger and pus
Is back in spain. This week, were in spain. For decades, a Summer Favourite of families and Package Holiday makers looking for some guaranteed sunshine. This month alone, around 10 Million of us will have paid the country a visit. So as Peak Season there reaches its height, we wanted to revisit some of our adventures on the spanish mainland, starting in the Southern Region of andalucia, home to some eye catching names seville, cordoba, granada and the costa del sol. But amid all the Recumbent Sun worshippers spread out On The Beaches, we found something secret hidden beneath the sands. Im meeting eddi pitcher, a Writer And Travel journalist who specialises in uncovering hidden places. Eddi, where are you taking me today . So we are taking the wild way to bolonia beach, and we can see that this is the way because weve got. Knotted Beach Grass here. There are no signs. So its. I said it was a wild way. Im definitely glad that eddis here to show me the way on this one. Wow, look at this.
The campaign was organised after a baby waS Partly paralysed by the first case of the virus in two decades. From jerusalem, our Middle East correspondent, Yolande Knell reports. Just two drops as the un begins vaccinating against polio in gaza. A dose is easy to give, but carrying out a Mass Immunisation campaign in a Combat Zone is a huge challenge. Parents of the first vaccinated children are relieved. Translation i was worried and afraid because this is scary. The polio disease. This disease makes the children unable to move. Baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum Worries Hell never be able to walk. He was the first child found he was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it years, and it paralysed his leg. Paralysed his leg. Because of the war he wasnt because of the war he wasnt vaccinated and now vaccinated and now medical care is limited. Medical care is limited. Translation he wants translation he wants to live an
The remaining hostages home. The funerals for some of the hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of Tel Aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. The israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, blamed hamas leaders for the killings, saying they showed hamas did not want a deal. The Opposition Leader Yair Lapid accused Mr Netanyahu of deciding not to save the hostages. Jon donnison reports from jerusalem on what we know about the israeli hostages. Six more dead israeli hostages In Gaza. Carmel gat, who was a0. Alexander lobanov, 32. Almog sarusi, aged 27. Eden yerushalmi, 24. Ori danino, who was 25. And the youngest, hersh Goldberg Polin, just 23, who was also an american citizen. With broken hearts, the Goldberg Polin family is devastated to announce the death of their son and brother, hersh. They thank you all for your Love And Support and ask for privacy at this time. Just a few days ago, his mother, rachel, had called for his release. Hersh, we a
By 2030, and that estimate is at the conservative end of the scale. But falling birth rates and some of the highest inflation rates we ve seen in decades have created challenging conditions for manufacturers and retailers, and signal more tough times to come. While the covid pandemic boosted sales of toys and games temporarily, big name companies report that sales have started to slip back once again. Let s have a look at some of those numbers. Global toy sales reached $108] billion in 2023, a 2% drop compared to 2022, with toy companies calling it a normalisation process after that exceptional growth linked to the pandemic. But across the 612 countries, including the uk, france, germany, and spain, sales declined by 7% in 2023 compared with the previous year, but they were still 17% higher when compared to 2019, before the pandemic. I caught up with the boss of build a bear, a much loved company which allows shoppers to customise their own teddies. She s also the head of the global or