{"id":516790,"date":"2025-10-21T10:51:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/516790\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:51:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:51:14","slug":"ian-murray-hails-south-edinburgh-supermarkets-firework-sales-ban-the-nen-north-edinburgh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/516790\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Murray hails South Edinburgh supermarkets\u2019 firework sales ban \u2013 The NEN \u2013 North Edinburgh News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><strong>Edinburgh South MP Ian Murray has written to all the supermarkets in South Edinburgh \u2013 and they\u2019ve agreed to stop selling fireworks for this bonfire night following last year\u2019s disorder.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nen.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/south-edinburgh-supermarkets-fireworls.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/south-edinburgh-supermarkets-fireworls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-215463\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Ian Murray explained:<\/strong> <strong>\u201cLast year, many got in touch with me after the shocking scenes of fireworks disorder in our community. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHomes and businesses were attacked, people were left frightened in their own neighbourhoods, and our emergency services were put in danger. This is why I welcome the decision by supermarkets to refrain from selling fireworks this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> \u201cI\u2019m pleased that following my letter to local supermarkets, all the major stores in Edinburgh South have confirmed they will not be selling fireworks this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nen.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ian-murray-fireworks-letter.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ian-murray-fireworks-letter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-215462\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis is a big step that will help reduce local availability and make Halloween and Bonfire Night safer for everyone, and builds on wider work across the city by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrScottArthur?__cft__[0]=AZUDtRJfG5q20eudjwKaQueqQOyeCREF-tJzsRyhN2fiZMxX8Z_S_QdmhYzf93gx4Ws9y8LeOLvLkmkaZPsvQuQU496YNttQxb9VGPCHEthvD69qLcVOAovcwPT9JswFXl7tBSw1xnbWicFgbuMRITRk7KpDlm5egS4vUg2BBMgdVg&amp;__tn__=-]K*F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Scott Arthur MP<\/a>\u00a0in reducing firework availability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis is on top of new Firework Control Zones in Gilmerton and Moredun, dispersal orders to tackle anti-social behaviour, and extra police resources. The Council will also be clearing away wood and materials that could be used for illegal bonfires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThere\u2019s still more to do, and I\u2019ll keep pressing the Scottish Government to give our police the resources they need. But this is real progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cIf you have any concerns in the coming weeks, please get in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\tPublished by<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761043874_707_a6d9c98205a3da7d24f25d108fd1a8fe9a85d73dbd7906c4dae7c37f2c3f594a\"  class=\"avatar avatar-56 photo\" height=\"56\" width=\"56\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edinburgh South MP Ian Murray has written to all the supermarkets in South Edinburgh \u2013 and they\u2019ve agreed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-516790","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\/115411778683762391","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516790","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=516790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}