Will Smith joked that he's considering changing his name to 'Welsh Smith' after learning during an interview with a Welsh radio station that his hometown in Pennsylvania — and the town where his mother Caroline Bright lives — have Welsh names.

For the first time in 129 years the British and Irish Lions have a picked a test team that doesn't contain a Welshman.

For the first time in more than 100 years, no Welshman will be involved when the British and Irish Lions play a Test match.

Iris Williams, who has died aged 79, was a Welsh singer who entered the UK Top 20 in 1979 with her soulful rendition of He Was Beautiful; the illegitimate daughter of a GI, she spent the later years of her career performing in New York.

Pendine Sands, stretching for miles along the coast of south-west Wales, marks a motoring milestone on Monday with the return of a 'Blue Bird' car that captured the world's attention a century ago.

The likes of Exeter Chiefs wing or centre Zack Wimbush and Harlequins lock Jonny Green will be on the radar because they are dual-qualified, while senior Wales internationals Dafydd Jenkins, Nicky Smith and Tommy Reffell are prime targets, as is Gloucester's Max Llewellyn. All of them are included in our suggested squad here.