Hugo's hair is a gift to charity

WHEN a Fishponds boy decided it was time to lose his locks, they didn't go to waste.

Hugo Osborne had always had long curly blond hair, until he told mum Emily out of the blue in February that he wanted it cut short.

Emily had already discussed what to do when the day came with the family hairdresser, and eight-year-old Hugo was happy to donate it to The Little Princess Trust, a charity providing wigs made from real hair to children and young people who have lost their own because of cancer treatment or other conditions.

Bristol Rovers fan Hugo was also inspired when players and staff from his team shaved their heads in January, in solidarity with defender Nick Anderton, who is undergoing chemotherapy for bone cancer.

Emily said: "Hugo never liked going to the hairdresser at all and we never forced him to - it was part of his identity.

"It was such gorgeous hair. We had

Evening: always said that when he made his decision we would look into donating it, as we are aware of how devastating hair loss can be for children and young people."

Hugo, a pupil at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School in Kingswood, had his hair divided into several individual pigtails, each around 12 inches in length, and cut to meet the charity's guidelines at Sage Hair Design in Kingswood, with 10-year-old