A FORMER Barmouth mayor says he is being forced to leave his boyhood town following a rise in xenophobia in post-Brexit Britain.

John Sam Jones and his German partner of 30 years, Jupp Korsten, have decided to move to Germany after they say they were made to feel unwelcome in their home town after the Brexit vote.

Speaking to the Cambrian News, Mr Jones said: “Jupp and I have been together now for 30 years, it’s a long time.

“Some have called me a traitor for turning my back on Wales and 300 years of family history in a small town by the sea. Some have said I should stay and fight – but I’m struggling to focus on a positive vision for Wales outside of the EU.

“If I stayed I wouldn’t know what to fight for.”

Read the full story in the latest Meirionnydd edition of the Cambrian News