Will the Chinese have a Xin Nian Kuai Le? (Happy New Year)

Photograph by Keith Williamson

February 3rd will see Chinese people all over the world celebrate the Spring Festival (also known as Chinese New Year) but in Britain Celebrations are being dampened as the fire service warns people to be cautious with the traditional burning lanterns.
The Lanterns which are set off in order to bring luck and prosperity and have been used for almost two thousand years but have led to 100 calls to the emergency services in the last two years.
Fire services around Britain have warned people to set their lanterns off away from roads, wooded areas and houses but Farmers, the Civil Air Authority and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency also have worries.
The Spring Festival is all about celebrating the Earth coming back to life and it will be sad if a two thousand year tradition is stopped by the infamous British red tape.