First, there are no restrictions on fireworks in the UK being set off any time of the year; it's my birthday - let's set off some firteworks; I come home from the pub a bit merry - let's set off some fireworks, And, so on. Fireworks are now an all round year phemonenom. Why have laws stricting noise in society and then allow fireworks! Crazy! Fireworks are just bad news. The elderly mother of a friend of mine has spent every night for the last month believing she was back in WW11 and that Germans were bombing the area. And god knows what the effects of fireworks are on wildlife.