This month a Weymouth fireworks display team will be taking part in the UK’s biggest annual firework competition

Weymouth firework company Anytime Fireworks is aiming to become the country’s national firework champions later this month on Wednesday August 14 and Thursday August 15.

Over the last few months, the team has been hard at work designing a 10-minute show with which they hope to outshine the other teams competing for the title British Firework Champions 2024.

The championships take place in Plymouth, Devon, every summer and are the largest annual event in the South-West each year, drawing crowds of some 200,000 over two nights each.

At the event, six specialist display companies drawn from across the UK will compete before panels of lay and professional judges, each team providing 10 minutes of spectacular fireworks to light up the skies over Plymouth Harbour.

Jim Winship, director of The Event Services Association (TESA) which organises the event, said: “The teams put hours of work into designing these shows, which are incredible to watch, which is why so many people travel from far and wide to watch the displays."

This year, those who cannot be in Plymouth to watch all the live displays can follow the event for free via live footage being streamed via www.britishfireworks.co.uk.