A TEENAGER who tried to buy a copy of the Sunday Times at a supermarket was refused because he was 'underage'.

William Williams, 15, set off the alarm on the self-service till when he put the paper throught he scanner at Asda.

He had also gone to buy the News of the World but was shocked when a staff member said the was too young to buy The Sunday Times.

"I thought it was absurd," he said.