Council Condemns Unauthorised Cemetery Fireworks Display

A council has stated that an unauthorized firework display held at a cemetery was “not appropriate or acceptable.” Mansfield District Council declared the display, which took place at the town’s cemetery on 5 November, to be unlawful. The council is currently coordinating with Nottinghamshire Police to determine potential next steps. According to the council, this was not the initial occurrence of such an event at that location around this time of year. A spokesperson for the authority commented that the display resulted in “quite a clean-up task for our officers and scorched the grass in the cemetery.” The spokesperson also noted that it showed “an immense lack of respect” for families with loved ones interred at the site. The council issued a statement, saying: “We understand that people have different ways to respect and remember their friends and loved ones – and we have no issue with an annual firework display for this purpose.” The statement continued: “But holding an event of this kind in a public cemetery – a place of peace and sanctuary for thousands of local families – is simply not appropriate or acceptable.” The council added: “To hold an event of this nature in our parks or public spaces would require the organiser put in a formal request to the council.”