MANY of us will be looking forward to watching twinkling lights illuminate the sky this evening as we celebrate Bonfire Night ...

Multiple calls to police about fireworks exploding at 5:30 a.m. led officers to discover a family’s unconventional ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. A northwest London resident claims this has been the “worst year for fireworks” being used in ...

The air in a particular place is likely to become more polluted when firecrackers are burst on an overcast day with high humidity. This is due to a combination of the pollutants released by the ...

A northwest London resident claims this has been the “worst year for fireworks” being used in a dangerous or antisocial way as Harrow Council embarks on crackdown. Brandon To, who sits on the ...

A video from the United States showing Diwali celebrations being halted by police and fire officials has gone viral on social media platforms. The footage shows officers stepping in to stop people ...

A closer look at the level of PM2.5 – the most dangerous polluting particles in air – shows that Diwali 2025 is the worst one in the last five years as the average PM2.5 level was 488 microgram per ...

The former Supreme Court judge who headed the bench which ordered a year-round ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR has broken his silence on a recent order by the top court allowing the bursting of ...

The local police in Naples carried out an operation against the illegal possession and sale of hazardous and explosive materials, seizing about 100 kilograms of pyrotechnic material in an unauthorized ...

A major campaign to ban certain fireworks has made significant progress. Activists have successfully triggered a parliamentary debate as pet owners push for the noisiest fireworks to be prohibited ...

Mohali: A night of celebration turned tragic across Mohali district as at least 23 people, including four children, suffered burn injuries in separate firecracker-related incidents on Diwali night.

Two cars were gutted in a fire sparked by firecrackers on Deepavali night near a hospital in Mumbai, officials said on Tuesday (October 21, 2025). No person was injured in the blaze reported to the ...