Along with our partners at Humberside Fire and Rescue Service we are urging residents to be extra vigilant around Bonfire Night to ensure the season goes off with a bang for all the right reasons.

Attending an organised event with a professional firework display is safer and more spectacular, but we wish to make the public aware of the dangers of building their own bonfires.

Bonfire Night should not be viewed as a chance to burn waste or household rubbish. They should be recycled or disposed of using the household collection service or at one of the waste and recycling centres across the region.

Patrols will be working alongside Humberside Fire to identify illegal bonfires being built in the run up to Bonfire Night itself.

As always, there will be a crackdown on the illegal sale of fireworks. If the public are concerned by rogue suppliers, please contact Trading Standards on 0808 223 1133 or for a fly-tipping concern, then they should ring East Riding of Yorkshire Council – 01482 393939