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 ...

The vice-president of Whirlpool was today forced to apologise to a mother who had to flee her home after her tumble dryer caught fire - as it was revealed the number of faulty devices in homes across ...

Whirlpool is facing an urgent recall of its tumble dryers over safety concerns in an "unprecedented" move from the Government. Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst said the company has been informed of ...

MPs are demanding to know why the white goods manufacturer Whirlpool ended a product replacement scheme for dangerous tumble dryers. The Commons business committee says one million of the defective ...

Whirlpool has admitted that there could be as many as 800,000 faulty tumble-dryers in homes around the UK. In June, the government said it would issue a recall notice of up to 500,000 dryers which ...

Four years on from Whirlpool admitting that it had a fire problem with many of its vented and condenser tumble dryers, the manufacturer has finally committed to naming all of the dangerous dryers on ...

The company told the Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee the number of dryers that could pose a fire risk is feared to be far higher than originally thought. Whirlpool was ordered by the ...