Police to use stop and search powers to tackle Bonfire Night …
Nov 5, 2024 · The Scottish government gave local authorities new powers to designate ‘firework control zones’ (FCZs) in 2022 following a major riot in Dundee. City of Edinburgh Council became the first in ...
Bonfire Night: Road closed after 'youths throw fireworks at ... - STV News
Nov 5, 2024 · Riot officers will be deployed across Scotland to combat disorder a year after violent scenes unfolded in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Emergency services prepared for violence and disorder on Bonfire Night, after unrest in a number of cities on Halloween. A number of restrictions related to fireworks were ...
Calls made for Edinburgh Bonfire Night yobs to get double …
Nov 4, 2024 · In 2023, riots broke out in Niddrie in Edinburgh with youths attacking police officers with pyrotechnics and rocks. Similar scenes were seen in Dundee and Glasgow in recent years, with Guy Fawkes Night riots terrifying locals. New figures show that 79 people were charged with using fireworks to attack emergency workers in the last two years.
Officer injured as riot police called to Edinburgh fireworks …
Oct 31, 2024 · A police officer has been injured and more than a dozen buses damaged in Edinburgh during a night of disorder on Halloween. Riot police were pelted with bricks and fireworks in the city's Niddrie ...
Police petrol-bombed in Edinburgh Bonfire Night disorder - BBC News
Nov 6, 2023 · About 50 young people have clashed with riot police in Edinburgh with fireworks and petrol bombs being thrown directly at officers. Video footage from the Niddrie area of the city showed...
Bonfire Night violence was form of child abuse, says police chief
Nov 6, 2023 · About 50 young people clashed with riot police in Edinburgh on Bonfire night. There is clear evidence that adults orchestrated some of the attacks, says Assistant Chief Constable Tim Mairs....
Edinburgh: Young 'thugs' throw petrol bombs and fireworks at ... - Sky News
Nov 6, 2023 · Drone footage in Edinburgh showed a line of police officers with riot shields standing in front of vans with blue lights flashing. A mob of young people clad in black gathered on grass in front of them, and began throwing pyrotechnics. The police retreated as a petrol bomb hit the ground in front of them and fireworks exploded.
Arrests made over Bonfire Night disorder - BBC
Nov 7, 2023 · A group of 50 youths threw fireworks and petrol bombs at riot police in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh. Eight police officers suffered minor injuries in Edinburgh and Glasgow on Sunday, and...
Horrifying moment Edinburgh riot police come under attack from ...
Nov 6, 2024 · The moment police officers and vans came under attack from fireworks has been captured in a shocking video. Bonfire Night saw violence and disorder break out across the city as yobs aimed fireworks and missiles at the public, police, and traffic in communities around Edinburgh. In Gracemount, officers in protective gear lined up to confront a mob.
Edinburgh riots: Video shows fireworks night chaos as teenagers …
Nov 6, 2023 · Dramatic footage has captured the moment a massive gang of teenagers in Niddrie launched fireworks and petrol bombs at police officers on Bonfire Night. Officers dressed in riot gear lined up as...