By Press Association 2021
Senior stylist Robert Brooks cuts the hair of Carmen Smith at the Lazarou salon in Cardiff, Wales (Ben Birchall/PA)
People in Wales have become the first in the UK to get their hair cut in a salon this year after the country’s restrictions on close contact services were eased.
Hairdressers and barbers were allowed to reopen on Monday for haircut appointments only and with a number of safety measures in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
First Minister Mark Drakeford said last week that businesses in the sector, which had been shut since Wales entered lockdown on December 20, would be allowed to reopen because they have “gone through everything that is needed in order to operate safely”.