Stop the fireworks hooligans
We want you to report the yobs to us
We are calling on readers to let us know if fireworks are a problem where they live
THE Evening Telegraph today launches a campaign to clamp down on yobs letting off fireworks late into the night – and we need your help.
Last year police mounted a number of operations in the county and seized 22 fireworks. They attended 31 fireworks-related incidents of anti-social behaviour, stopped and searched 22 people but only issued one on-the-spot fine of £80.
Yet the misery of fireworks being let off on the streets is far more widespread than this.
Last year hundreds of readers joined our debate and called for a total ban on the sale of fireworks to the public. The Government has imposed a curfew on when they can be let off and given police powers to issue fines.
We are calling on readers to let us know if fireworks are a problem where they live. We will record every call, forward them to the police and create a map to identify the worst areas.
Chief Inspector Sean Bell of Northamptonshire Police said: "Fireworks may be fun in the right place and at the right time but every year hundreds of calls are made to the police by people who are alarmed by, or just fed up with the noise of fireworks being used inappropriately in the street."
Our campaign has won the immediate backing of residents in Burton Latimer who have handed a petition into their MP Philip Hollobone, calling for a ban on the sale of fireworks to the public.
http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Stop-the-fireworks-hooligans.3308383.jp
Yet the misery of fireworks being let off on the streets is far more widespread than this.
Last year hundreds of readers joined our debate and called for a total ban on the sale of fireworks to the public. The Government has imposed a curfew on when they can be let off and given police powers to issue fines.
We are calling on readers to let us know if fireworks are a problem where they live. We will record every call, forward them to the police and create a map to identify the worst areas.
Chief Inspector Sean Bell of Northamptonshire Police said: "Fireworks may be fun in the right place and at the right time but every year hundreds of calls are made to the police by people who are alarmed by, or just fed up with the noise of fireworks being used inappropriately in the street."
Our campaign has won the immediate backing of residents in Burton Latimer who have handed a petition into their MP Philip Hollobone, calling for a ban on the sale of fireworks to the public.
http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Stop-the-fireworks-hooligans.3308383.jp
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