GENEROUS Ashburton hairdressers have rallied round to send their nextdoor neighbours on a dream holiday, after losing their mother to cancer.

Samantha Smith, senior stylist at Richard Antony Hair Design, handed over £1,850 to widower Dunstan Belcher and his daughters.

He plans to use the money to take his daughters on a memory-making holiday, including the girls’ request to swim with dolphins.

Salon director Catherine Beacom said: ‘Our next door neighbour Charlotte became ill with cancer two years ago. We helped her a little by cutting her hair for free while she was going through chemotherapy.<

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