Lanarkshire barbershop takes part in non-stop challenge to raise money

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A Rutherglen barber has proven to be a cut above after raising money for a cancer charity.Staff at Revival Room took part in a non-stop hair-cutting challenge for 24 hours on Monday, May 16 till the following day.All money raised from the event at the Main Street store will be given to The Beatson Cancer Charity.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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It was difficult for us to take it all on board. We took it hard. “Beatson Cancer charity touches 95 to 100 per cent of people around the whole of Scotland.

We choose that because everyone is affected by cancer.“We started at 8am on Monday and stopped on Tuesday morning at 8am. We took short breaks throughout the day for lunch and dinner."We will also have a raffle live on Instagram which will be drawn throughout the 24 hours.