Coronavirus: Clamp-down on barbers offering lockdown haircuts

Thirty barber shops in Kent have been ordered to cease trading after a BBC investigation found businesses offering haircuts during lockdown. Trading standards issued prohibition notices to premises suspected of breaking legislation intended to halt the spread of coronavirus. It came after BBC South East found that 19 of 50 barbers contacted by phone were still offering appointments. Hairdressers and barbers are not expected to reopen before 4 July. 'What these select number of barbers are doing is unfair, said Steve Rock, of Kent County Council Trading Standards.