'I've been to hell and back': Hairdresser wins battle to work from home in Wigan
A self-employed hairdresser says she has been "to hell and back" in a battle to work from her home in Wigan following "false accusations" from a neighbour.Natalie Heaton, who has been cutting clients' hair from a utility room for four years, has won the right to continue trading from her Gorman Street home.Councillors granted planning permission to use the rear room of her property as a hairdressing salon on Tuesday – but it comes more than a year after a local authority officer first knocked on her door and the long process began.The mother of two said: “I’m absolutely over the moon with the result."I’ve been to hell and back. It’s been the worst time of my life.