Lothian and Borders Police is to disband its pipe band after it was left with not enough members to compete.

BBC: Lothian and Borders Police pipe band to disband

"The police arrived and confirmed it was a pipe bomb, " he said.

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It started life as Govan Police Pipe Band, then Glasgow Police and, since 1975, Strathclyde Police Pipe Band.

BBC: Strathclyde Police Pipe Band reaches the end of an era

Central Scotland Police has disbanded its pipe and drum band and reformed it as a civilian one.

BBC: Central Scotland Police Pipes and Drums is disbanded

It is the end of an era for the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band, which is making its last performance under that name at Celtic Connections.

BBC: Strathclyde Police Pipe Band reaches the end of an era

Ch Supt Mark Hamilton said it was thanks to the "close observations" of a police officer that the pipe bomb had been discovered and that the "finger of suspicion" pointed towards dissident republicans.

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