HOW much longer are we to be intimidated by fireworks? I've nothing against an occasional celebration, but every year we are subjected to more and louder bangs for weeks at a time.

It's not just old people and animals that suffer. Families who try to carry on a normal life are forced to endure this juvenile selfishness.

Many areas in the world are dangerous and warlike. Why should we be bullied on our own doorsteps?

MICHAEL CLAYTON, Deynecourt Gardens, Wanstead.