As many parts of Britain struggle to cope with the smog caused by the annual 5th of November bonfires, the government have rejected calls to outlaw the event which commemorates the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, was quick to lend her support to the festivities. ‘I welcome that Guy Fawkes and the other defendants have faced justice and have been held to account for their crimes,’ she said. ‘Appalling crimes were committed by Guy Fawkes, it’s right that those accused of such crimes against the British people should face British justice.’

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