A landlord has defended a decision to ask customers singing in Welsh to stop and leave his pub.

Jared Dunn said a group of about 30 people broke into song during a busy Saturday afternoon at the Blue Bell on Castle Street in Conwy.

He said the singing was “loud and people were leaving, people were not finishing their food”.

“We have run the pub for 11 years – we don’t do singing,” he added.

TV and weather presenter Sian Lloyd posted about the incident on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying: “Friends of mine have just been thrown out for singing in their native language.”

She added it was “scarcely credible such a frightful pub exists in Cymru”.

But Mr Dunn said: “This has nothing to do with singing in Welsh.

“We do open mic night and have bands in the pub but people were bursting into song.

“If they were vaping inside the pub we would ask them to leave – there’s house rules.”

He said a doorman asked the singers to leave after Mr Dunn heard them while he was working in the kitchen.

“They were singing the national anthem which was beautiful, so we asked them to stop after it ended.

“The doorman was dealing with it. Another doorman came in from next door.”

Mr Dunn added: “The pub is for everyone’s enjoyment, and they didn’t conform to a reasonable request.”

On Sunday night, Ms Lloyd said the storm seemed to have passed.

She said she has arranged to meet landlord Mr Dunn, adding that social media had blown the matter “out of proportion”.

“Just had a lovely chat with landlord Jared at The Blue Bell in Conwy,” she posted on X.

“We agreed on lots, but especially on how much social media tends to blow things out of proportion.

“I am now looking forward to meeting him and clinking glasses over a nice Guinness #IechydDa.”