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We need to ban the sale of all fireworks to the public right now

Fireworks injure thousands and pollute the air. Let's enjoy professional and licensed displays, but they shouldn't be sold to the public, says Michael Le Page

By Michael Le Page

1 November 2019

Fireworks display

Professional displays are the best way to enjoy fireworks

Nicky Rhodes / Alamy Stock Photo

“Remember, remember, the fifth of November” goes the traditional UK nursery rhyme. Oh, if only I could forget. In my corner of London this year, the fireworks started weeks before this, during the festival of Diwali.

For a while, the nights sound like a war is breaking out, with non-stop distant rumbling punctuated by closer explosions – and there’s always someone who sets their fireworks off at 1 am.

Some have it much worse. In England alone,

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