Police have made 19 arrests over firework offences between Halloween and Bonfire Night, with more expected in the coming days. Six people have been charged under the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles Act and 26 further charges have been made for related criminal behaviour.

Police officers clashed with large groups throwing fireworks, bottles and bricks and emergency service vehicles and cars. Police Scotland said the force responded to 18 incidents on Tuesday evening as part of Operation Moonbeam. Police said they had responded to “youth disorder” in the Niddrie, Sighthill and Moredun areas of Edinburgh.

Video shows youths attacking police with bricks and fireworks in Bonfire Night disorder. Police Scotland said ‘officers in Edinburgh responded to various incidents of youth disorder in Niddrie, Sighthill and Moredun’. Lothian Buses withdrew several services across the city due to the antisocial behaviour.

Police and firefighters were targeted by fireworks, bricks and bottles in pockets of disorder across Scotland.

Dozens of people have been arrested, and many more have been charged following “significant” disorder across the country on Bonfire Night. Police Scotland have said their criminal investigations into disorder have begun after large groups of youths threw fireworks and other projectiles at officers,

Firefighters were called out to deal with two arson attacks in one night in Doncaster. A crew from Dearne station attended a deliberate rubbish fire at 7.45pm on Hampden Road in Mexborough on Monday night,