The Diamond Scissors in Reading is offering free haircuts and food to homeless people, refugees and anyone else in financial difficulty.

Barber shop steps in to help those hit hardest by the pandemic 

After months of growth, many people couldn't wait any longer to get a much needed trim this morning. 

People flock to barber shops and hairdressers

Bad hair days and do-it-yourself haircuts are numbered as a desperate and hirsute population count down to hairdressers reopening their doors.

As businesses start welcoming back customers, they have had to adapt to minimise the risk of spreading coronavirus. 

With salons and barbers closed across the region, some of you have had to colour/cut your hair by yourselves. The results have been mixed...

Josiah has the back and sides of his hair shaved, which his mother says gives him a 'smart, tidy appearance' instead of an unruly afro.
