Neighbours tell schoolboy to pipe down

A teenage bagpiper has been told to stop practising outside his home because the noise is upsetting some of his neighbours.

Andrew Caulfield, 13, and his mother, Elaine, have been warned they face a noise abatement order because his skirl scores two decibels above the accepted limit.

Ironically, the body giving the warning, Renfrewshire Council, has asked Andrew to take part in a £30,000 initiative to encourage more youngsters to take up the pipes.