内容摘要：On Friday, Recorder Simon Levene sentenced him to two years in prison, suspended for 24 months, and told him he had "misread" the situation.

On Friday, Recorder Simon Levene sentenced him to two years in prison, suspended for 24 months, and told him he had "misread" the situation.

As a communications and engagement manager for a social housing provider in south Wales, writing is Jade's second job.After growing up seeing the Guardian's Hay Festival supplement every year when her dad would buy the paper, this year she was in attendance as a Writer at Work.

"Publishing, it can feel like a closed door sometimes and it's hard to know who you need to speak to, what it is you actually need, how you get an agent," the 39-year-old said.She said if audiences at events like Hay Festival were not representative they may not know their books are not diverse enough, or "that they need to hear other voices".Jade added the festival's efforts

bringing in a younger audience and providing a space for all voices was "really making the difference"."I'm seeing younger people, more ethnically diverse people, a lot of really good queer representation happening... and that's really, really important," she said.

"We're seeing a more modern Wales perhaps being represented whilst not losing that classic literary approach.

"We have a really rich national history of literature and there's nothing wrong with being middle-class, there's nothing wrong with really literary writing like classic books."I lost everything to this flood. But the most painful is that of my family. The only valuable I have now is this cloth I am wearing which was even given to me by my friend."

He said one relative has been found dead and he has "resigned to fate that others won't return" to him alive.Nineteen-year-old high school graduate, Isa Muhammed, has been inconsolable since he heard that his beloved teacher's house was washed away while the teacher and eight members of his family were inside.

"Two have been found dead; one of them was his baby. My teacher, his second child, his sister and four other relatives are still missing. A building fell on his wife who wasn't inside the house with them, and she died instantly."Mr Muhammed also lost family, remembering his uncle who died in the disaster.