As the colder months approach, nighttime festivities around bonfires and fireworks have been warmly welcomed into the headlines this week.

Events across the West Country lit up the sky, but some also behaved irresponsibly: a Lidl store was forced to close after a fireworks display. were triggered upon entry, external.

Elsewhere, tributes to Bristol civil rights campaigner Dr Paul Stephenson continued to flow in following his death aged 87.

ITVX reported, external he had fought a “courageous battle” against Parkinson’s disease and dementia.