I HAD to laugh today when I went for a haircut and heard about a female customer who'd been into the salon in preparation for a wedding.

Nigel Dowson, owner of Jigsaw hairdressers in Darlington and all-round good egg, tried to give the woman some expert guidance before he started on her hair.

"Why don't you have it a bit longer if you're going to be wearing a hat?" he asked.

"No, I'm not wearing a hat," she replied, "I'm going to have one of those fornicators."