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 father said his heroic little boy is 'lucky to be alive' after their Hotpoint washing machine caught fire while he was in the kitchen eating dinner. Four-year-old Jaxon Masser was in the room with ...

Worried owners of Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines struggled for 24 hours to access a recall website to check whether their machine is a fire risk. Half a million appliances need to be fixed or ...

Half a million washing machines in UK homes are to be recalled, plunging manufacturer Whirlpool into a fresh saga over dangerous appliances. The machines, branded as Hotpoint or Indesit, were sold for ...

While tech advances have given us all some impressive washing machine features, the core of the machine remains simple: Water is pumped in a big drum with cloths, the big drum spins around, and water ...