'We can’t cope': Owner of 50-year-old hair salon exposes street drinkers' bad behaviour

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The salon owner told of the chaos in the area with street drinkers urinating on people’s homes and her business, fighting, swearing in the street and hassling her customers for cash

However, the store was hit by lockdowns and restrictions during the covid pandemic. Once the business fully reopened it was sublet to Zafar Iqbal in April 2021 while Mr Naveed was out of the country. But, the name on the premises licence was never changed and councillors heard that Mr Iqbal had little knowledge about licensing legislation.

The hair salon on Princes Road was set up by Ms Battista’s dad Guido after he arrived in the UK in the early 1950s from Italy. His first salon opened on Russell Street before he welcomed customers to Princes Road in 1973.Ms Battista said the current situation was really embarrassing for the area and customers kept asking what was being done. She was also having to leave clients so she could go and phone the police.

In written evidence, the salon owner said that people were exposing themselves after urinating, standing in the middle of the traffic and collapsing in the street. Before adding: “[Clients] are scared to park their car too far from the salon as they are scared to walk down the street. We have children, senior citizens, clients with special needs and disabilities and they don’t feel safe.

 

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