Celebrities and top riders are among those backing calls to strengthen laws on fireworks – which the Government has essentially dismissed.

Nearly 64,000 people have signed a petition started by welfare charity Redwings, calling for the maximum noise of fireworks to be reduced from 120 to 90 decibels.

Supporters include top showjumper Joe Stockdale , Olympic dressage rider Richard Davison , actor and writer Sir Stephen Fry and actor Kate Ford. The Government has responded, which it must to any petition with 10,000 signatures or more, but only with a similar statement to that it has made to previous petitions on the subject.

Three Redwings equine residents have died as a result of firework use, and the charity has been campaigning for change.

“We think each year, individuals suff

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