Strict rules around the sale of fireworks have come into force just ahead of bonfire night after parts of West Lothian have become a “war zone” in recent years.
Tighter regulations on firework sales - making it a criminal offence to buy them for under 18s - will be in force in the run up to bonfire night.
It comes after a West Lothian village was praised for tackling firework yobs head on after years of disorder.
In Blackburn in 2018 police attended multiple incidents in the town where gangs of youths threw fireworks at pedestrians and cars. Video footage published afterwards showed rockets exploding in a residential street after apparently being thrown at a police van.
