An axeman from Bala is aiming to be top of the chops next month. Former British champion Elgan Pugh will be part of the Clwyd Axemen team taking part at the Welsh Game Fair at the Faenol Estate near Bangor on the weekend of September 9 and 10.

Iconic folk singer Dafydd Iwan was touched when care home residents burst into song to wish him a happy 80th birthday.