HYNDBURN strongman Mark Felix failed to take the title of Britain's Strongest Man.

Mark, 38, joined some of the country's best-known strongmen for a tough competition in Somerset.

Despite a confident start in the qualifying stages, the Great Harwood dad-of-two, of Moss Street, did not make the final cut and failed to make the top three.

But the owner of Great Harwood Gym, where Mark trains, who asked to be known as just 'Stan' said: "I saw him on television and he did pretty well."