内容摘要：In 2023, jellyfish sightings increased by 32% following a marine heatwave with temperatures 3-4C above average.

In 2023, jellyfish sightings increased by 32% following a marine heatwave with temperatures 3-4C above average.

"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."There's just a place for all of our different types of writing. That's the most important thing."

A highlight of Jade's week at Hay was going to see curator, writer and broadcaster Ekow Eshun "on a panel of black voices talking about black history", while another standout was attending a talk with the writerShe said if someone were to tell her childhood self that she could go somewhere and meet writers, breathe the same air as Jacqueline Wilson and then in the future become a writer herself, "her head would explode".This year was also Rhys Thomas' first time at Hay Festival.

He had a "full circle" moment watching poet John Cooper Clarke take to the stage, after first seeing him while working at his local festival aged 16."I just didn't realise that poetry and literature could have that raw edge to it," he said.

"He was funny, he was swearing. He's a rock and roll star who uses poems instead of guitar solos."

Rhys, a journalist from Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, said it was not until he moved to England for university that he started immersing himself in books and writing.Currently in Northern Ireland there is no legal requirement for other vehicles to stop when a school bus is picking up or dropping off pupils.

In some parts of the United States and Canada, it is a motoring offence to overtake a school bus when it has stopped.Safety measures in these jurisdictions include retractable stop signs on the left-hand side of buses which flashes amber or red when children are exiting.

Similarly in Germany, drivers cannot overtake a school bus while it is letting passengers on or of, this is usually identified by red flashing lights.Kimmins, who announced her intention to bring the legislation forward, said she has asked her department officials to "explore the issue".