Matthew Goffin and Jo Loosemore arranged their wedding in 24 hours at Witcham, ElyThe prospect of having their mothers cut their hair or going scruffy was too much for 300 customers who booked a slot at their village barber on Saturday. Davide Lattuca, who owns Long Ashton Barbering Company in Somerset, said the rush began within minutes of a new national lockdown being announced. “Within half an hour we were all booked up.”He and his staff are working extra hours to fit in as many customers as possible before paid-for haircuts become illegal at midnight tomorrow. “People are saying, can you make it shorter than usual?” he said. Sam Iles, 22, a football coach who had a short back and sides at lunchtime yesterday, said that he

Source: The Times November 03, 2020 00:00 UTC