West Yorkshire fire chiefs urge people to skip garden displays for organised bonfires after 30 tonnes of fireworks are seized

Last year's Bonfire Night triggered 394 emergency calls to West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, with crews attending 155 separate incidents. Dale Gardiner, the service's senior on-call leader, warned events have "the potential to leave people with serious injuries" without proper precautions.

The 30-tonne haul of illegal fireworks was seized across Bradford and Halifax in a joint operation with West Yorkshire Police and the Health and Safety Executive.

The British Fireworks Association's Steve Raper pushed back, warning that government plans to restrict consumer fireworks — which ministers estimate could affect a third of available product types — risk killing off the tradition of home displays.