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 ...

The Whirlpool Corporation is urging people who have purchased certain brands of Hotpoint and Indesit tumble dryers to unplug their machines until they have been repaired. The company previously ...

Owners of faulty tumble dryers will have to wait until 2017 for repairs that will prevent the machines posing a fire risk, ­manufacturer Whirlpool has said. The backlog comes after the US ­electrical ...

FAMILIES with fire-risk tumble dryers are still waiting for repairs or replacements a year after the problem emerged, a probe has found. Whirlpool is in the process of fixing an estimated 5.3 million ...

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A safety alert has been issued to tumble dryer owners that their appliances may pose a fire risk. Indesit warned that a fault with two types of tumble dryers, condenser and vented dryers, could expose ...

TUMBLE dryer owners are being urged to take precautions and organise repairs if necessary now that a number of tumble dryer brands are reviewing the safety of their dryers. The advice from Hereford ...

A 'significant number' of tumble dryers from some of the biggest names in the business could pose a fire risk. The Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda machines have a fault where excess fluff can touch the ...