Firework arse

A soldier is being treated for his injuries after setting off a firework between his buttocks.

The 22-year-old, who told pals he was "bored" with a fireworks display, copied the stunt from the Jackass movie.

He dropped his trousers, and slipped a powerful Black Cat Thunderbolt between the cheeks of his backside.

A friend set the firework alight and the soldier bent over as the firework exploded in a shower of sparks. The soldier, who had recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq, ended up in Sunderland Royal Hospital where he is being treated for a scorched colon and other injuries. John Woodhead, chairman of the Firework Association, said that he had never heard of an incident like it in 45 years.