Lancaster and Morecambe Citizen reporter Matt Donlan has often been accused of having the look of a broken sofa.
Long, dirty overcoat and unkempt appearance are the usual for him – so his colleagues decided to do something about it.
Matt was sent for a makeover to a beauty salon, hairdressers and designer clothes shop in Lancaster – and the results were amazing.
“He even looks almost normal now,” quipped one of the new-look reporter’s colleagues.
Readers were treated to even more photos – and copy – on how mission impossible became mission improbably and then mission accomplished.
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