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 As virtualisation of just about everything gains popularity due to cost saving in the enterprise world, health and safety red tape has succeeded in making bonfire night virtually pointless.

Organisers of a Guy Fawkes party in Devon say safety officials have forced them into a virtual bonfire.

Revellers will have to make do with projected image of a bonfire on a giant screen, electric heaters and bonfire sound effects because of the mountain of paperwork needed to organise the real thing.