UK rural groups seek sky lanterns ban
Rural leaders and fire chiefs from across the UK have called on the Government to ban the use of sky lanterns. A group of 18 organisations including farmers’ unions, the Wildlife Trust, the RSPCA, the British Horse Society, NFU and Keep Britain Tidy, have written to Environment Minister Rebecca Pow about the lack of Government regulation on sky lanterns. Many local authorities already ban the release of lanterns on council-owned…