All news on the topic: Trading Standards

iCandy has pulled its Orange 4 pram as a precautionary measure, with parents who’ve already purchased this model urged to stop using it immediately

Trading Standards officers visited 77 pubs and bars were served 96 short measures out of 137 orders, meaning approximately 70% were less than the prescribed quantity required by The Weights and Measures Order for pints and half pints and 175ml glasses of wine

Stewart Langton, 34, left people with exposed roofs, overflowing gutters and damaged gardens after claiming to be a reputable tradesman - even walking one 80-year-old to a bank daily for more money

Jayne Marney, 68, paid the eye-watering bill after being told the work had been carried out at 'the going rate' - but later discovered that other locksmiths would have charged less than £300 for the same job

Keira Guise had spotted an advert for the festival on social media and was excited at the chance to attend the 'bucket list' event - but now says she is worried about being ripped off after seeing online reaction

Funeral experts are demanding for inspections to be mandatory after families were left heartbroken when police removed more than 30 bodies from a funeral parlour following concerns in Hull

Paving firm boss and 'weekend millionaire' James Henderson from Kingskettle, Fife, made his victims pay huge deposits for work before making excuses and vanishing with their money

Lawrence Martin took advantage of vulnerable customers. One couple lost £110,000 and another man died without being able to live with his family due to work not carried out by him

Karlton Donaghey was given the balloon Hoppings funfair in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and tried to "pretend he was a dinosaur and surprise his family" and sadly died in June 2022

Little 15-month-old Teddie was only playing with the Playtive Wooden Learning Puzzle/Blocks from Lidl for a matter of minutes when he managed to pull it open and release the parts inside

Certain packs of Charlie Bigham’s Thai Green Chicken Curry & Fragrant Rice may contain mustard not listed on the label - this means it poses a health risk to anyone with a mustard allergy

American sweets imported by the millions into Britain - including Mountain Dew and Jolly Ranchers - have been found to contain dangerous additives banned under UK rules

Thousands of illegal items have been seized from local stores after they were found to contain ingredients which are banned in the UK because of known links to hyperactivity and cancer in children

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) says it has detected batches of fake branded Wonka and Prime chocolate, and that it was working with Trading Standards to remove them from circulation

Some products have been recalled by Tesco, Asda and Morrisons because they contain undeclared egg, which therefore poses a health risk to someone with allergies

Derby City Council and Derbyshire Police worked together after the illicit stash was found when a sniffer dog picked up a scent in a hidden chamber under the floor at a shop

Watchdogs take court action to close shops that repeatedly flout the law

Elaine Jones, a 62-year-old retired civil servant from Walker, Newcastle, had been planning for a stay at The Schooner in Alnmouth over the Halloween weekend with her husband Bill

Louisa Benton and her husband Edward, from Laverstock, Wiltshire, hired JAC Building Developments Ltd to construct their dream extension but had to take the firm to a small claims court

Rogue trader Peter Billydean Price, 25, charged a vulnerable customer in mid Ceredigion, Wales, £4,600 to replace old roof tiles but just painted the old ones orange

Jail sentences for key figures in bent companies that netted £6.5million

Mark Gould, from London, was the "prime mover" of the group of men, which sold cut-price Premier League subscriptions in a scam described the biggest con of its kind so far

The Government announced a crackdown amid growing fears over the health impact on children targeted by colourful, flavoured devices seasoned smokers use to quit

Their mother and father were convicted too and got suspended sentences for the fake website fraud

Police officer Amy Byrne and her partner Harry Angell were jailed after selling kittens that were malnourished and unwell