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Andy Burnham leads calls to make having a barbecue on moorland illegal

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huge blaze on Saddleworth Moor. Following the fire Oldham council banned barbecues, fireworks and sky lanterns on the moor.Anyone caught breaching the by-law, which also covers Marsden Moor, can be fined £100.

But now Mr Burnham, his deputy Beverley Hughes, Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd, Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams, Denton and Reddish MP Andrew Gwynne, Bolton South East MP Yasmin Qureshi, and Worsley and Eccles South MP Barbara Keeley MP, are calling for new national legislation.

The letter says: "There are a number of factors that lead to moorland fires, all of which need addressing."These include anti-social behaviour such as deliberate fire setting, carelessly discarded smoking materials, and the use of disposable.

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