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A petition calling to "limit the sale" of fireworks has received more than 40,000 signatures, meaning that a Government response can be expected soon.

Created by Robert Branch, the petition calls for the Government to limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events.

Its description reads: "Ban the sale of fireworks to the general public to minimise the harm caused to vulnerable people and animals.

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"I believe that permitting unregulated use of fireworks is an act of wide-scale cruelty to animals."

As it has now accrued more than 40,000 signatures, the Government can be expected to issue a statement soon.

And this is not the first petition to call for the

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