Treat fireworks like knives: Safety officers demand tougher curbs on sales and clampdown on louts to end Bonfire Night mayhem
The abuse of fireworks should be treated like knife crime, according to trading standards officials.
Fire Safety
Public views sought on strengthening high-rise fire safety following Grenfell
People who live in high-rise flats are being asked to give their views in a public consultation on strengthening fire safety in the buildings.
SPONSORED: Firefighter warns of blaze danger in the home
AS he finished his final shift as a full-time firefighter after 31 years of service, John Young acknowledged, “I’ve seen things people really shouldn’t see.”
SPONSORED: When a death occurs we always ask what could have been done
Fire can devastate lives on so many levels - from the damage and destruction to properties, to the sometimes incalculable human costs.
Which? calls for plastic-backed fridges to be ‘urgently’ removed from sale
After Grenfell: Ministers want alarms in every Scottish home
MINISTERS want every home in Scotland to have fire, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms installed in a bid to prevent a Grenfell-style tragedy north of the Border.
In pics: Pride of lions put through fire safety test at Blair Drummond Safari Park
A pride of lions have been put through a fire safety test in a rare exercise at their safari park.
Nicola Sturgeon on Cameron House fire: Any lessons from investigation will be learned
SCOTLAND'S First Minister has said any lessons from the investigation into a fatal fire at a luxury hotel will be learned.
Which? warns fire safety tests on fridges and freezers are ‘inadequate’
Warning over cheap fireworks
CONSUMERS should not buy cheap fireworks at the last minute from unlicensed outlets or via social media, councils and emergency services have warned.
‘They’re the difference between life and death’: Flaws in fire prevention at dozens of PFI schools
DOZENS of Scotland’s schools have been built without proper fire safety measures, we can reveal.