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Scottish Greens renew calls for firework ban
Discarded and discarded fireworks in a local park in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh, November 6, 2023

THE Scottish Greens have branded 2024 a year “marred by firework chaos” and have renewed calls for a ban. 

Scottish councils were given powers this year to designate firework control zones in problem areas.

But in Edinburgh — the only city to use the power — there were still 32 arrests on firework-related offences.

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