Barber beats razor sharp competition Ambulance staff hit back after treating ‘very rude’ patient Abused paramedics call for respect in viral video

A barber has successfully defended his title to be named the best wet shaving master in Britain for 2019.

Enver Yeshilbulut, owner of Kings Barbers Male Grooming in Aylesham and Deal, has made history as the first barber in the competition to receive the accolade for two consecutive years.

The final took place inside a boxing ring in front of thousands of spectators at the Excel London on Sunday, February 24.

The 35-year-old, known as Efe, said: “It feels truly amazing to have defended my title as this is the first ever repeat win.

“This is my passion. I have to thank all my clients who allow me to do what I love every day. Without their continuous support it wouldn’t be possible.”

He aced mandatory criteria including shave preparation, razor technique, post-shave routine, health and safety and overall efficiency. A paramedic crew fed up with receiving abuse from patients have gone viral after posting a video of themselves singing Aretha Franklin’s classic hit Respect to raise awareness of the issue.

Laura Fennell and Victoria Town belt out R-E-S-P-E-C-T in footage viewed more than 65,000 times after it was shared on social media.

The pair posted the clip at the end of their shift at 4am on Thursday, saying a patient was rude to them earlier in the night.

Speaking at the start of the video, Laura says: “We are still awake on the night shift, we’ve been awake for a very long time, it’s 3.30am.

“We are doing a video, because we need cheering up because we had a patient today who wasn’t very nice to us - rude, very rude.

“We feel that as an emergency service - not just any emergency service, our lovely National Health Service - we don’t really deserve to be spoken to like that, nor does anyone working.

“But we are going to do something about it to cheer ourselves up because we want these people to show us a little something that Aretha knows about.”

Victoria, who lives in Canterbury, and Laura, from Deal, then dance and mouth the words to the 1967 hit while sitting in their ambulance.

Victoria rounds off the clip by shouting: “Come on, big up the respect.”

South East Coast Ambulance Service praised the Ramsgatebased paramedics for their “positive approach”.

A spokesman said: “We take the matter of anyone who ver- bally abuses our staff extremely seriously and encourage staff to report all incidents. Ambulance staff should not be exposed to abuse of any kind.

“We welcome the manner in which this crew showed camaraderie and a positive approach to helping each other following an unpleasant experience.”