Pink lights put off spotty teenagers

Residents of a Nottinghamshire housing estate have installed pink lights which show up teenagers' spots in a bid to stop them gathering in the area.

Members of Layton Burroughs Residents' Association, Mansfield say they have bought the lights in a bid to curb anti-social behaviour. The lights are said to have a calming influence, but they also highlight skin blemishes.

The National Youth Agency said it would just move the problem somewhere else. Peta Halls, development officer for the NYA, said: "Anything that aims to embarrass people out of an area is not on.



"The pink lights are indiscriminate in that they will impact on all young people and older people who do not, perhaps, have perfect skin.

"Why waste limited resources on something which moves all young people out of an area? They will move on to somewhere else.

"They have a right to congregate, it's part of being a teenager and most young people are good, law-abiding people."

With news video.