Exploding washing machines have sent shards of glass flying across kitchens, in one case narrowly missing a two-year-old boy. Pressure is growing on manufacturer Hotpoint to mount an investigation and ...

A MUM-of-three “had a narrow escape” after her Hotpoint washing machine exploded just minutes after her family had gone to bed. Jane Hudson, 50, from Essex, was drifting off to sleep when she heard a ...

WHIRLPOOL’S urgent recall has begun today, with the company urging half a million washing machines to be returned amid fears they could catch fire. If you’ve bought Hotpoint, Indesit washing machines ...

Manufacturer Whirlpool are recalling thousands of their Indesit or Hotpoint washing machines. The machines were sold for more than five years, but the door locking systems can overheat - increasing ...

A family’s kitchen has been destroyed after their washing machine exploded. The Hotpoint appliance blew up while full of clothes, cracking the worktop surface above and shattering two adjoining ...