SPA traders are being warned that selling fireworks to town children could lead to them being prosecuted and heavily fined.

The warning - from Worcestershire Trading Standards Service - urges retailers to be more responsible to reduce the risk of accidents.

Trading Standards principal officer Peter Holmes said: "We receive complaints each year concerning children and youths letting fireworks off in the street.

"This not only creates a significant danger to the children themselves but is a serious nuisance to members of the surrounding community," he added.