Rutherglen's MSP has backed new legislation aimed at cutting down on the amount of fireworks being set off.
Clare Haughey says the issue is one that she has been contacted about regularly and that she hopes the new Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill will make a difference.
Among proposals in the new bill, which follows the report of an independent Firework Review Group, are restricting what days fireworks can be sold by, giving councils new powers to designate zones where the public cannot set off the fireworks, and introducing a a fireworks licensing system.
