Pensioners Herbert and Edith May were terrified when a firework crashed into the wall of their house during bonfire night celebrations.

The couple, who live in Churchward Avenue, Swindon, had just gone to bed on the eve of Guy Fawkes' night when they were awoken by the firework.

Mr Herbert, 83, said: "We were both really shocked by the noise.

"It was sometime after 11pm and we were falling asleep when we heard a really loud bang outside and we jumped out of our beds."

On Sunday morning Mr May went out to the garden to discover what had made the noise and found a spent rocket in his garden, which had scorched a large part of the outside wall.

Mr May said: "It could easily have gone through a window and really hurt someone."