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Catherine Hunter

Call for Glasgow fireworks ban as councillors warn new rules 'don't go far enough'

The sooner Glasgow gets "the powers to ban fireworks the better”, a councillor has said, as they spoke about the problems they have caused local communities.

Councillors - some of whom have been campaigning for a ban of firework sales for 15 years - raised concerns about new rules and regulations to restrict the sale of fireworks saying they “didn’t go far enough” for them to help people in their communities.

And they raised concerns about how the new rules would be enforced, as an update on the policy was brought before a recent Glasgow City Council environment committee.

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