Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Not much happens on a Monday afternoon on the high street in Sedgley. The Chinese takeaway hasn’t yet opened, the ...

Nihat Aram stands at the door of Turan Erkek Kuaförü, where he’s worked for 20 years, waiting for his next customer. In the barbershop behind him, down a few stairs, square black chairs are positioned ...

Turkish barber shops around the UK are being raided due to concerns that premises are being used by crime gangs for money laundering, tax fraud and illegal migrant work. The National Crime Agency (NCA ...

Police have warned of criminals infiltrating the barbering industry and posing as ‘Turkish barbers’ without being properly trained. The National Crime Agency (NCA) raided a number of barber shops over ...

It was once a centre of the linen trade with a railway featuring the world's first permanent steam train for passengers - but Darlington is now one of the barber capitals of the UK. The industrial ...