I AM amazed and horrified that there appears to be no legislation in place which bans the use of fireworks after a certain time at night.

At 3am on Sunday, my wife and I were woken up by fireworks being let off in the near vicinity. This went on for approximately 30 minutes.

Then, at around 8pm on the same day, some completely insensitive idiots several houses away from our house, decided to start a display which went on for about an hour.

I am not a killjoy and in no way do I want to deprive children of the chance to enjoy the thrill of a firework display.

However, there must be many parents with young children in our vicinity who were trying to settle them down for the night in preparation for school the next day and who must also be horrified by these two untimely events.

Exempting large supervised events some way away from residential homes, I would have thought a reasonable time for private displays to be concluded would be 7pm. Even if not enshrined in law, any responsible individual would agree this is reasonable.

DAVID RUDDOCK

St John's Avenue, Kidderminster

IT is November 6 and firework "bombs" are going off outside for about the 12th night in a row, so my humans have told me that I can't go out again.

I learnt about Guy Fawkes' Night at cat school but I thought it was only for one day.

Maybe it takes a superior human intelligence to understand this.

CLIVE THE CAT

Woodthorpe Drive, Bewdley

I WOULD like to add my voice to that of Ann Adamson (Late-night Fireworks Fury, Shuttle/Times and News, November 3).

I have been making a list of dates and times when fireworks have been exploding.

As well as objecting to the extremely loud explosions and the fact that some of these have been after midnight, one of the points I wish to make is that these started on October 3 and will probably continue well after November 5.

The police stated in the article they had not received any complaints from Stourbridge Road.

But what is the point of calling the police? By the time they reach the relevant area it would be too late, and if they approached any specific person, that person would only have to deny the offence and what proof would there be that he/she was the perpetrator?

In Australia and Canada, if members of the public wish to have a private display, they have to get a licence to hold it at a specific time.

It really is time we followed their example, and that fireworks sold to, and set off by, the general public, were made illegal.

MRS VIVIEN WARD

Stourbridge Road

Kidderminster