Milkmen are now offering nappies, newspapers, even fireworks from their float.
January 8 2002, icNewcastle, Milk float should be a general store on wheels

They were lying loose on the stall - "a disaster waiting to happen". Watnall
February 26 2002, Nottingham Evening Post, Bang to Rights!

`Choose what you want'. Kennet
April 18 2002, This is Wiltshire, Firm fined for selling firework to boy of 13

Home-based manufacturing jobs such as fireworks, matches or incense sticks.  Worldwide
May 7 2002, icWales, Report shows extent of child labour

The Homebase store in Cheltenham had fireworks scattered around an office
August 13 2002,  This is Gloucestershire, Store fined for firework breach

A 14-year-old child bought fireworks. South Normanton
September 7 2002,  Evening Post, Men fined for firework sale

Pupils have been suspended from a Colchester school for letting off fireworks.
September 20 2002, This is Essex, Colchester Pupils suspended over fireworks

Newsagent chain RS McColl, who were also flouting the code, remained defiant
September 22 2002, Sunday Mail, ASDA order fireworks off shelves

We already are having to put up with it now, four o'clock in the morning they go off
October 7 2002, Leeds Today, It's like living in a war zone

One shop sold fireworks to him and it could prove to be an expensive mistake.  Nottingham
October 8 2002, This is Nottingham, Shopkeeper fails firework age test

Fireworks and other illegal items were recovered by police at the Nutt's Corner market in Co Antrim
October 12 2002, Belfast Telegraph, Police Bid to Smoke out illegal fireworks

"There is no excuse - any system is only as good as its weakest link."  Newbury
October 16 2002, icBerkshire, Shops sold fireworks to children

A Black Country pub selling fireworks could be a recipe for disaster.  Wolverhampton
October 17 2002, Express and Star, Alarm over pub firework sale plan

Police seized £5,000 worth of display fireworks during an early morning raid in Blackpool.
October 18 2002, This is Lancashire, Dawn swoop nets fireworks

Police seized £10,000 of illegal fireworks containing four times more gunpowder than is allowed by law.
October 19 2002, icWales, Cardiff, Fireworks seized

More than £9,000 worth of fireworks were stolen in a raid on a garden centre at Handcross.
October 24 2002, This is Mid Sussex, Raiders' firework haul

J Sainsbury's in Parsonage Way in Leigh lost around £5,000 worth
October 24 2002, This is Lancashire, Firework warning for shopkeepers

Selling pets and fireworks saying bosses at the Stourton shop "must know better".
October 24 2002, Express and Star, Anger over pet shop's sale of fireworks

Police in West Cumbria are warning shopkeepers not to sell fireworks to youngsters
October 25 2002, The News & Star, Shops told not to sell fireworks to children

But is it horror that a child was able to but potentially lethal rockets and bangers, or horror at being found out?
October 28 2002, Scottish Daily Express, Scotland, Profits before safety

Eight out of 10 outlets sold potentially lethal rockets and bangers to 15-year-old. Scotland
October 28 2002, Scottish Daily Express, Firework Sales Alarm

Police seized a cache of 1.200 fireworks from a mans home in Edinburgh
October 28 2002, Scottish Daily Express, Firework Sales Alarm

Tesco in Ocotal Way even offered Emma Oaten extra rockets as part of a two for one offer. Swindon
October 31 2002, This is Wiltshire, Fireworks sold to girl, 13

Sold to youngsters from the back of a van and a car boot in Wythenshawe.
October 31 2002, Manchester Online, Fireworks being sold to kids seized

Four city shopkeepers could face fines of up to £5,000, after being caught selling fireworks to children.
October 31 2002, Leicester Mercury, Traders facing fines for flouting fireworks law

We will continue to fight to protect children from buying dangerous fireworks.  Coventry
October 31 2002, icCoventry, Store not guilty in fireworks sale case

We've already found evidence of illegal sales.  Norfolk
October 31 2002, Evening News 24, Crackdown on firework sales to kids

Almost 2,000 incidents involving fireworks have been reported.  Strathclyde
October 31, 2002, BBC News, Scotland, Firework Complaints Rocket

It recovered more than eight tons of fireworks from an unlicensed store in the Dalmarnock
October 31, 2002, BBC News Scotland, Firework Complaints Rocket

Strathclyde Police have seized tons of fireworks
October 31, 2002, BBC News Scotland, Firework Complaints Rocket

The misuse of fireworks has turned one area of Taunton into a virtual war zone
October 31, 2002  Bath Chronicle,  Cars wrecked in Halcon 'War Zone'

"These two were extremely lucky and could have easily lost a limb or their eyesight".  Galmpton
November 1 2002, This is Devon, 'Bomb' Prank Boys Escape

A bag of fireworks, eggs, flour and bottles of alcohol were seized from children as young as 12. Fishpond
November 1 2002, This is Bristol, Family escape in firework terror

Megan, an 11-year-old crossbreed, was so terrified by the explosions.  Shipley
November 1 2002, This is Bradford, RSPCA calls for noise ban after dog is hurt

Even I wondered what on earth was going on from inside the house.  Tarporley
November 1 2002, icCheshireOnline, Horse bolted into barbed fence after firework display

Explosive experts say the 1,500 Shot Strato Storm, which is manufactured in China, would easily kill a child
November 2 2002, ManchesterOnline, Greater Manchester, A killer for sale

3 stores belonging to Britain's top supermarket chains have been caught out selling fireworks to underage kids
November 3, 2002, Sunday Sun, North East, Big three flout ban

Four retailers in Warrington have been caught selling fireworks to children
November 5 2002, This is Cheshire, Shops sold fireworks to children

A lorry container holding fireworks worth about £15,000 have been stolen. Edinburgh
November 5 2002, BBC News,  Haul of fireworks stolen

There were fireworks being let off within the spectators, not by the organisers, but by teenagers. Heaton Park
November 5, 2002, Manchester online,  Stay Safe Campaign

30 boxes of fireworks, were handed to trading standards officers by car boot stall holder. Lea Marston
November 6 2002, icCoventry,- Officers seize boot sale fireworks

Two tons of rockets and bangers worth £20,000 went up in flames at a secret location in Barby
November 6 2002, icCoventry,- Concern over missing fireworks

Up to six traders caught selling fireworks to underage children in the Rotherham area
November 7 2002, Rotherham Advertiser, Firework traders face fines of £5,000

It is too easy for children to get hold of fireworks.  Skipton
November 8 2002, This is Bradford, Town wants clampdown on fireworks

Four out of 13 shops sold alcohol to the 15-year old volunteers, and one out of six sold fireworks.
November 8 2002, Express and Star,  Staffordshire - Traders trapped in blitz on illegal sales

Shops are being urged to stick to voluntary restrictions when they sell fireworks. West Yorkshire
November 20 2002, icHuddersfield, Firework sales plea to shops

Residents fear someone could be maimed or killed by metal-tipped fireworks. Braunstone
November 22 2002, This is Leicestershire, 'Ban dangerous fireworks'

A man who set off a firework in a York street
December 5 2002, This is York, Fireworks man is fined

A number of city shops still selling fireworks more than a month after November 5.  Exeter
December 10 2002, This is Devon,  Councillor demanding limit on firework sales

August this year, thousands of residents in Exwick were woken up by a 20-minute display after 2am
December 10 2002, This is Devon,  Councillor demanding limit on firework sales

Conviction of a trader for allowing a 12-year-old girl to buy an airbomb.  Bolton
December 13 2002, This is Lancashire, Traders will be prosecuted for under-age sales

Police are investigating how the firework came to be in the street.  Sunderland
December 19 2002, Evening Chronicle, Two hurt by firework