Wigan hair salon stops supplying gossip magazines following Caroline Flack’s death

A hair salon has stopped offering its customers with gossip magazines as they look to ban negativity following Caroline Flack’s death.

Customers at Mirror and Mane, in Upper Dicconson Street, Wigan, will no longer be able to read magazines provided from the salon as they have their hair done.

It comes as the salon vows to promote happier vibes within the business - and it will instead provide positive and motivational books to people.

The showbiz world has been rocked after Love Island presenter Caroline took her own life last weekend ahead of a highly publicised assault trial.

Many have criticised press intrusion into the lives of celebrities and negative stories published about those in the public eye.

While others have blamed social media and even called for reality TV programmes such as Love Island to be axed.

As a result, the salon has followed the lead of many others across the country by removing gossip magazines such as Closer and Hello.

Abby Chapman, 28, owner of the salon, said: “In relation to Caroline Flack’s recent suicide, the salon are joining the movement to remove gossip magazines from the salon, and replacing them with positive thinking and motivational books/ reads to promote and support awareness of mental health.

“These magazines really scrutinise and shame celebrities and they’re not a good picture for young girls reading them.

“They encourage you to look a certain way and young girls and others who read them end up developing eating disorders and mental health problems.

“We were thinking of removing these magazines before what happened with Caroline as it’s suprising that young girls still read them in this day and age with everything going digital.

“Caroline’s sad death has hit a lot of people and it needs to bring about change.”

Ms Chapman said the salon would continue to allow customers to bring in and read their own magazines if they wished - but that it wanted to encourage people to read more positive and motivational books.

She added: “We want to promote positivity and for the salon to be a great place for our customers.”