Veterans with PTSD call for tougher restrictions on fireworks

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Veterans with PTSD are among those calling for tougher restriction on the sale of fireworks, as the UK prepares for Guy Fawkes’ night.

“The adrenaline kicks in and you start shaking”, Stephen Glover, of The Rifles, told ITV News. “It’s not that you jump and you run away, you jump and you have to face it.”