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It's fair to say redheads don't always have it easy with many jokes on them but now they're getting the last laugh thanks to a restaurant in Wales.

For Gourmet burger and chicken eatery Ginger’s Grill in Prestatyn will offer a 'ginger discount' to all 'genuine' redheads.

It is the idea of owner Mark Linaker, who describes himself as a 'former ginger' and believes carrot tops deserve a break.

People with ginger hair will get 20% off their meals when the restaurant opens on the High Street in April.

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Mark, 39, who was a redhead before shaving off his receding hair, said: “I feel that gingers deserve a break.

"As one of my friends said to me, gingers have been getting stick for a long time now so it is time they got something back.

“I am a former ginger myself before I started losing my hair and decided to shave it all off, so I know what it is like to be a ginger.

“The deal will be 20% off a meal for a genuine ginger.

“I also think it is a novel idea and wanted to do something different.”

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The former Prestatyn High School pupil, who lives between Prestatyn and Manchester, has spent nearly two years developing the restaurant concept and finding the ideal site.

He will create around 10 jobs.

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He said: “We will be serving good quality food and great milkshakes in a laid-back atmosphere, and I am confident it will work.”

Mark, who also works for Mercedes Benz, has ambitions to take Ginger’s Grill further afield after establishing the Prestatyn restaurant.

He said: “I think we have a good brand and I don’t want to stop at Prestatyn.

“I want this in other towns in North Wales and maybe the north west of England, but it is one step at a time.

“We have had delays but we are getting there and will be open in a month.

“It will be happy days for gingers in the area and also ginger tourists who I hope will flock to Prestatyn.”