Ex-Coronation Street star ‘livid’ after her son was left terrified by garden firework displays

Former Coronation Street actress Hayley Tamaddon took to social media over the weekend to express her frustration after nearby firework displays ‘terrified’ her two-year-old son.

Hayley, who played Andrea Beckett in the soap until 2015, explained that her son Jasper was disturbed and kept up by the fireworks on Bonfire Night on Friday, pointing out that it took two hours of crying before he could fall asleep.

She wrote: “To all the k***s setting of [sic] loud #Fireworks in their gardens in a residential area, you clearly don’t have babies or pets. And if you do you’re even more of a k***.  It terrifies them! It’s taken 2 hours of jasper crying before he’s fallen asleep. And I’m livid! LIVID!”

Many followers rushed to Hayley’s defence, with one person writing: “Couldn’t agree more. Should be licensed displays only during set hours on set dates, no private fireworks.”

Another commented: “You are damn right, Hayley. They’ve no respect. Fireworks ought to be banned cos they are more trouble than they are worth.”

However, not everyone was too sympathetic, with one Twitter user questioning: “It’s one night and it happens every single year, how exactly were you caught by surprise here?” 

At this, Hayley replied: “I’m not surprised … but people don’t need to set them off in their gardens… They can go to an organised display somewhere surely.”

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This year, people across Manchester were forced to host their own Bonfire Night celebrations after all displays were cancelled across the city.

The council announced that the events, which were planned for Heaton Park, Platt Fields Park, Wythenshawe Park, Crumpsall Park, the Eithad Campus, Cringle Park, Debdale Park and Brookdale Park, were cancelled as a result of fears surrounding the spread of Covid-19 and the current Government advice surrounding large-scale events. 

Councillor Rabnawaz Akbar, executive member for neighbourhoods, said: “This is not a decision we have taken lightly and I know that many people who look forward to these events will be disappointed, especially when we could not host them last year because of coronavirus restrictions.

“But the health of Manchester people, and the logistical considerations around that, has to come first.”