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“Substantial changes” are needed to legislation which aims to restrict the sale of fireworks, a parliamentary committee has said.

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SGN engineers have put an exclusion zone in place at Lye Brae between Carbrain and Kildrum, Cumbernauld, where there is a significant gas leak.

Significant gas leak in Cumbernauld leads to fireworks ban

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The new restrictions would make organised displays like this in Edinburgh one of the only ways to see fireworks.

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