The government has annouced today it intends to serve Whirlpool with an “unprecedented” recall notice for tumble dryers at risk of starting fires. Consumer minister Kelly Tolhurst made the annoucement ...

With almost 20 years of product testing, product safety and investigative experience, Matt Stevens helps you to choose the best products for your home Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit tumble dryer safety ...

In a dramatic U-turn by Whirlpool, the manufacturer has now been forced to admit faulty Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda dryers should be switched off. But the safety advice has been blasted as "long ...

Millions of households are at risk from potentially dangerous tumble dryers as it emerged one machine bursts into flames almost every day. Freedom of Information responses from fire brigades across ...

Chief executive of watchdog the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, Leon Livermore told the BBC on Friday morning that more needed to be done about fire risk Whirlpool tumble dryers before someone ...

Whirlpool – which also owns Indesit, Creda and Proline – changes advice after criticism from trading standards and Which? The maker of Hotpoint and Indesit tumble dryers has changed its advice to the ...

Tumble dryers are being recalled in a safety campaign by manufacturer Whirlpool. Hotpoint, Indesit, Creda, Swan and Proline machines made between 2004 and 2015 are included but not the Whirlpool brand ...