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Boy donates lockdown locks to children's charity

News imageStephen Huntley/BBC A composite image of two photographs of the same boy. In the first image, on the left, he has his back to the camera to show off his long blond hair, which reaches down his entire back. He is turning and smiling and is wearing a black top. On the right, he is in a head and shoulders image. He is smiling and his hair is cropped short.Stephen Huntley/BBC
Noah had cultivated his long locks for the past six years

A nine-year-old boy who had not had his hair cut since the pandemic has donated his long locks to a charity which makes wigs for children.

Noah, of Stowmarket, Suffolk, was just three during the Covid-19 lockdown when he could not get a trim and instead left his hair to grow - and grow.

With his blond tresses reaching down to his hips, he braved the scissors on Saturday to help The Little Princess Trust.

"My hair is going to be used for someone who is going through cancer and doesn't have hair at the moment, and it will be made into a wig for them," Noah explained.

News imageAlex Chapman Nine-year-old Noah sitting in a hairdressers as he prepares to get his long blond hair cut for charity. The hairdresser stands on his right hand side preparing to cut his hair.Alex Chapman
Noah had his long locks cut in Bury St Edmunds on Saturday

The new look felt "weird" at first, he said, but he was looking forward to quicker washing and drying and not having to tie his hair back for sport.

He was also keen to surprise his friends and teachers with his short do when he returned to school after the Easter break.

News imageStephen Huntley/BBC Two ponytails of blond hair, sealed with three black hair bands on each, laid out beside a purple cardboard donations box for Little Princess Trust Stephen Huntley/BBC
Noah's hair had not been cut during all his years at school so far

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