No Trick or Treating card issued

POLICE have advised elderly and vulnerable residents to display their 'No Trick or Treating' card, if they have concerns about being pestered this Halloween.

The force has also advised local people with concerns not to feel pressurised to answer the door if they receive an unexpected call, and to make use of their door chain and spy-hole if necessary

With the clocks having gone back in the early hours of this morning and Bonfire Night just a week away, officers are preparing for the traditional spike in anti social behaviour that can occur at this time of year.

There have already been reports of a number of instances of fireworks being thrown, including a group of youths hurling the devices in Green Lane, Castle Bromwich.
In a separate incident, a resident revealed that a firework had been placed in her wheelie bin at her home in Chelmsley Wood. She reported a sound like "a bomb going off" and a photo posted on social media showed that the container had been ripped apart by the explosion.

• You can download a full-size version of the Trick or Treat card from the West Midlands Police website.