10 h. ago Town 'saturated' with 13 barber shops just got a 14th given permission to open

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's planning committee approved plans to turn an amusement arcade in Hannah Street, Porth, into a barber shop

Events

57 h. ago Teenage 'hitman' is arrested after Swedish barber shop 'executions' saw three shot dead as they were having their hair cut amid spiralling gang violence in the country

Swedish police have arrested a teenager following a deadly barber shop shooting that saw three people die as they got their hair cut. 

Events

4 d. ago Lizzie Cundy looks glamorous in a gold dress as she enjoys boozy girls' night out with Ruth Langsford for her pre

Lizzie Cundy was having some pre-birthday celebrations on Saturday where she hit the town for a boozy girls night out.

Politics

4 d. ago Wrexham's wild promotion party sees star left in A&E as players turn up in city pubs

Wrexham secured a third consecutive promotion with victory over Charlton on Saturday, sparking wild celebrations in the Welsh town as fans and players partied into the night

Sport

1 week ago Burglars hurl brick through barber's shop window and make off with £58 in coins

They took coins worth £58 from the till

Economics

1 week ago Girl, 14, torn to pieces by hungry lion in front of horrified friend as they walked home

Peace Mwende was heading to her home in Rongai, a shanty town suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday with a friend when she was attacked and killed by the big cat

Politics

1 week ago Man who didn't cut hair for four years unrecognisable after barber's transformation

A man went to a barber shop to have his hair cut for the first time in four years and received a huge transformation that has left people swooning, commenting on how attractive he looks.

Politics

1 week ago Controversial group of Morris dancers 'black up' for their traditional Easter parade

The group performed their day long dance through the town of Bacup on Easter Saturday to raise funds for Rossendale Hospice.

Politics

1 week ago Harborough FC ‘surprised’ as 100 Spanish fans turn up to watch game

Fans are subscribers to YouTube channel focused on English football whose founder wants to strengthen links with clubFootball tourism is usually seen at Premier League stadiums such as Old Trafford, Anfield and the Emirates, so fans of Harborough Town, who compete in the seventh tier of the football pyramid, were stunned when 100 Spaniards arrived at Bowden Park to watch them take on St Ives Town.The Spanish fans, who turned up last Saturday, were subscribers to a Spanish YouTube channel, La Media Inglesa (LMI), focused on English football, which has now started arranging overseas trips for its followers. Continue reading...

Sport

2 w. ago Our tiny town has been overrun by barber shops... there's going to be THIRTEEN within a six

There are already five catering for the 6,000 residents of Porth in the Rhondda Valley, on top of seven traditional hairdressing salons, all on just two streets and within a six-minute walk.

Politics

3 w. ago Barber shops flood small Welsh town and people aren't happy about it

'There are now 13 businesses offering men's haircuts in a town of 6,000...'

Events

3 w. ago 13 barber shops are now open in this small part of a Welsh town, and people aren't happy

'There are now 13 businesses offering men's haircuts in a town of 6,000...'

Politics

3 w. ago Cory Booker urges action in first event since historic speech: ‘This is a moment for America’

Democratic senator calls on voters to get creative in pushing back against Trump at town hall in New JerseyThe Democratic senator Cory Booker took a version of his record-breaking Senate floor speech on the road Saturday to a town hall meeting in a New Jersey gymnasium, calling on people to find out what they can do to push back against Donald Trump’s agenda.Booker took questions at suburban New Jersey’s Bergen Community College the same day that more than 1,200 “Hands Off” demonstrations took place around the country. The town hall event was punctuated both by celebratory shouts of “Cory, Cory” as well as at least a half-dozen interruptions by protesters. Continue reading...

Culture

last month Turkish barber shops police crackdown: Cops raid dozens of businesses being run as front for money laundering and seize hundreds of thousands of pounds in dirty cash

Bodycam footage shows West Mercia officers smashing their way into the businesses which are increasingly used as fronts by criminal gangs.

Economics