{"id":409496,"date":"2025-09-09T04:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T04:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/409496\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T04:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T04:12:13","slug":"edinburgh-fireworks-ban-arbitrary-zones-split-streets-in-worst-hit-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/409496\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh fireworks ban: ‘Arbitrary’ zones split streets in worst-hit areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

However, a recent court case, external<\/a> heard that the petrol station on Calder Road was targeted with fireworks, and rockets were also set off near a petrol tanker.<\/p>\n

The neighbouring Sighthill Fire Station was also in lockdown due to the unrest, resulting in crews unable to leave or return to the station.<\/p>\n

Neither site is covered by the Sighthill’s control zone this year.<\/p>\n

Dr Nick McKerrell, senior lecturer in law at Glasgow Caledonian University, said the control zones could be seen as a deterrent.<\/p>\n

“In theory it’s a good idea to localise laws as much as possible because communities can get involved,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The difficulty is the detail.”<\/p>\n

He said that where a law states it is a crime to do something in one area but not in another, it has to be “very specific on the reasons for the limitations.<\/p>\n

“That’s why this is a big test.”<\/p>\n

Edinburgh is not the only council in Scotland to enforce firework control zones this year.<\/p>\n

They will also be introduced in Glasgow following a failed attempt to implement zones in 2024. The areas of Govanhill, Pollokshields and Broomhouse<\/a> will be covered by restrictions from 1 to 10 November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, a recent court case, external heard that the petrol station on Calder Road was targeted with fireworks,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-409496","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115172392508153416","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}