With Bonfire Night is fast approaching, the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are teaming up to issue an important safety message.

It comes after statistics revealed 46 people in Scotland attended hospital for treatment after being injured by fireworks in just a four-week period last year. Over 37% of the injuries happened in Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

According to the statistics compiled by the Care of Burns in Scotland partnership, nearly half of injuries that occurred required plastic surgery or specialist health care.

Sharon Ramsay, Clinical Nurse Specialist for Paediatric Burns at the Scottish National Burns Centre, based at the RHC has seen the devastating impact of fireworks first-hand.

Sharing her message she said: "Every year a

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