Kitchen appliance company “Beko” has been forced to recall some of its fridge freezer models following an announcement by the London Fire Brigade that certain models posed a fire risk.  It is thought that the fridge freezers have been responsible for 20 fires in London, injuring 15 people and killing 1. 

A coffee machine at a Sainsbury’s café at the Kingsmead Centre in Farnborough has exploded injuring 15 people, with 6 of them receiving hospital treatment.

A witness at the scene said "There was a loud bang and the coffee machine shot 20ft off the counter. The boiler had split completely open and sent boiling hot water and steam everywhere. I saw people with cuts and burns."

The trading standards institute has identified a possible safety risk with a small number of Cosatto Paris cots. In certain circumstance one or more of the sidebars on the cot could become lose and detached, which leads to the potential danger of entrapment.

The recall is due to two faulty batches. Details of the batch your cot came from can be found on the label located on the mattress base slats. The faulty batch details are:

A UK public health group says do-it-yourself tattoo kits should not be available to buy on the internet.

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health claims the kits do not come with the right aftercare or safety instructions which means injuries and infections are easily caused when the kits end up in the wrong hands.

A spokesman from the group said “People should be careful. Anything that is cheap by definition is not going to be any good.”

Two women, one aged 60 and the other in her 40’s were admitted to hospital after becoming seriously ill when they drank an aloe vera juice drink contaminated with horse tranquilliser.

The horse tranquilliser was confirmed to be Ketamine, an anaesthetic drug which slows down the breathing.

One of the women collapsed into a ‘vegetative state’ after only consuming a small amount of the juice and had to be revived by paramedics.

It has been reported that PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) breast implants have not undergone complete safety checks. The issue came to light after the French Society of Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons noticed PIP implants were rupturing more quickly than the other types of implants.

The implants are filled with a silicone gel that is possibly missing a vital protective coating which is essential for preventing splitting and leaking.

More than 1500 victims of toxic sofas are due to receive compensation ranging from £1,175 to £9,000 each after an agreement was reached by lawyers for £20 million.

What is thought to be the largest consumer group litigation in British legal history came after hundreds of customers began suffering with serious burns, eye problems and breathing difficulties. Insurers for Argos, Homebase, Walmsley Furnishing and some smaller companies have admitted liability for their customers’ injuries and agreed to pay compensation. 

More than 300 people who suffered burns after purchasing a sofa from Land of Leather will not receive compensation following a High Court ruling.

The burns were the result of the fungicide called dimethyl fumarate (DMF) which is used to prevent leather going mouldy whilst stored in humid conditions. DMF was used on Linkwise sofas made in China and purchased by Land of Leather.