内容摘要：Running from Friday 18 July to Saturday 13 September, BBC Proms features 3,000 artists, with 72 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and 14 at venues across the UK.

Running from Friday 18 July to Saturday 13 September, BBC Proms features 3,000 artists, with 72 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and 14 at venues across the UK.

Tendai Moyo co-founded Ruka Hair in 2021, which specialises in extensions made from natural hair sourced from South East Asia, as well as biodegradable synthetic hair, made from collagen fibre.She tells me they have seen a "huge uptick in demand", especially in the US, where the study was published.

But she sees this as part of a wider trend, which stretches beyond concerns raised by the new research."We launched in the pandemic, and people were like, 'Oh, but salons are closed', but we were selling out because people don't stop doing their hair."She tells me that black women "got to experiment" more with their hair during lockdown and were more willing to try out new products.

One of the biggest draws of traditional synthetic hair brands, however, is their low price, which has made experimenting with different styles and colours affordable for years.But newer brands tend to have a higher price point - Tendai tells me that Ruka's most popular synthetic hair type costs around 2.5 times more than several high street brands.

Ifeanyi says that, as a student, brands like Ruka are out of reach for her: "To purchase the hair is equivalent to the amount it would cost you to get the hairstyle done, so you're essentially doubling the price."

Tendai defends this by comparing it to choosing between "fast food and healthy food".City of York Council said it had begun writing to the 2,835 homes in the Micklegate and Heworth wards, ahead of the delivery of bins from 16 June.

Phase One of the Bags to Bins scheme, which will see people switch from using bin bags to dispose of waste, would be followed by deliveries to almost 2,800 homes in Clifton, Fishergate, Guildhall and Holgate in August, the council said.Each home is set to get a 180-litre grey wheelie bin as standard.

Figures show about 2,000 of the city's 95,000 households would remain without bins following the roll-out, according to theCouncil business manager for environmental services, Rebecca Copley, said the council would consider sending bins to households not currently set to get them, if they could show collections would be viable.