The Latest Breaking News from Trading Standards

Retired professor scammed out of £80,000 for £1,000 job by roofers

"One might say it was a bit of a lapse, but one does tend to take people on trust until one has some reason to doubt their credibility"

Wales Online · Jan 26, 2023

Warning over 'toxic mould' scammers targeting households after Awaab Ishak death

Trading Standards say cold-callers have been targeting deprived areas offering work which doesn't get completed

Manchester Evening News · Jan 25, 2023

Thousands of vapes seized from Oxford Street shop in police raid

A raid on a “candy store” in Oxford Street has netted suspected fake and counterfeit goods priced in excess of £100,000.

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

NHS-used premature baby milk urgently recalled over lead contamination fears

The products have been supplied to 13 NHS hospitals - with all now becoming urgently recalled.

Chronicle Live · Jan 9, 2023

Fake builder scammed 11 people out of £1 million to fund gambling habit

He left his victims with unfinished homes and carried out shoddy improvement works

Wales Online · Dec 28, 2022

‘A veil of lies’: ‘Builder’ scammed homeowners out of £1m and destroyed homes to fund gambling habit

One of Richard Nicholls’ victims suffered panic attacks while heavily pregnant with her first son, while an elderly woman had to find somewhere else to live for three years while her house was fixed

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022

Dangerous kids' toys yanked from shelves as potential risk 'doesn't bear thinking about'

Two years after more than 400 toys were seized from a business in Manchester, director Akmal Habibi has been jailed as parents are warned to be careful about the toys they buy this Christmas

Daily Mirror · Dec 20, 2022

Nestlé, Iceland, Amazon, Wish, and Sainsbury's recall products over safety concerns

Products have been recalled due to the possible presence of silica beads, undeclared allergens, or risk of choking among other reasons

Wales Online · Dec 4, 2022

Illicit goods seized by Falkirk trading standards team get a new lease of life

Fake goods will be transformed into everything from air freshener to children's playparks

Daily Record · Nov 24, 2022

Hundreds of fake listings pulled from Instagram in huge Black Friday crackdown

Brits have been urged to be extra vigilant this Christmas as hundreds of counterfeit listings have been removed on Instagram in a clampdown by the Trading Standards

Daily Mirror · Nov 24, 2022