🤓🤓Research shows: Outdoor environments rich in movement and sensory diversity directly support brain development, spatial awareness, and even academic readiness! (Louv, 2008; Cobb, 1977; Faber Taylor & Kuo, 2009) Here’s what these tiny outdoor adventures are really doing for your toddler’s brain: • Climbing over rocks 🪨 — builds balance, proprioception & spatial awareness. • Splashing in puddles 💦 — strengthens sensory processing & emotional adaptability. • Walking barefoot on uneven ground

Calendar can tonight reveal the first picture of the most significant item found in the search for Ben Needham on Kos earlier this month. On the second to last day of the excavation, a toy car was discovered on a second site near the farmhouse from where he disappeared in July 1991. It Is believed to be one of two toys the toddler was playing with before he vanished. His family are still coming to terms with the discovery as they prepare to mark Ben's birthday tomorrow. Mark Witty reports: More