IT might not be the 11th day of Christmas yet, but these pipers have already started piping.

Paul Collins, aged 38, and his pupil Dominic Mulcahy, 13, were in Worcester to perform on BBC Hereford & Worcester's Twelve Days of Christmas segment.

Mr Collins has been playing the pipes for 31 years, and has been teaching Dominic for the last 18 months.

The pipers were accompanied by a Lord, who asked to be excused from leaping but joined in a sing-a-long. Charles Moore, 74, bought the title of Lord of the Manor of Upton Warren in 1990 to keep it in the village.

Drummer Ryan Scriven, 70, from Hereford was also present.

He drummed in the Royal Artillery band from 1952 - 1957 and was stationed in Germany, Kenya and Woolwich.