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UPDATES: Trading Standards teams across the East Midlands have uncovered alarming levels of unsafe cosmetic products on sale, with more than three quarters failing safety checks. From banned ingredients linked to cancer and reproductive harm to dangerously high chemical levels, the findings reveal serious risks for consumers - and stark differences between national chains and independent retailers ...

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UPDATES: Trading Standards teams nationwide are warning parents about a surge in counterfeit “Labubu” dolls flooding shops and online marketplaces. Seized across the UK, the fake toys pose potential choking and chemical risks and often lack safety markings. With prices that seem too good to be true, officials urge shoppers to stay alert and buy only from trusted sellers ...

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UPDATES: Unsafe cosmetic products sold online are leaving children with devastating, life-changing injuries, CTSI has warned. From unregulated nail glues to social media-fuelled beauty pressures, a growing number of young people are at risk. A harrowing case highlighted on TV has reignited calls for tougher action and for parents to think twice before buying beauty products online ...

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ANALYSIS: From nasal tanning sprays to DIY lash kits and illegal teeth whiteners, dangerous beauty products are everywhere online. As CTSI’s Cost of Beauty campaign enters its next phase, this article exposes the real risks behind unregulated cosmetics, the gaps in enforcement, and why choosing reputable products - and professionals - could protect your health for life ...

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UPDATES: Social media-fuelled beauty trends are putting health at risk, CTSI has warned, as unregulated nasal tanning sprays gain popularity - especially among young people. Linked to skin cancer and other serious health problems, these products are largely untested and poorly regulated. Here’s why experts say this tanning craze could have dangerous, long-term consequences ...

UPDATES: A local initiative shines a spotlight on toy safety, raising awareness of potential hazards and encouraging retailers and consumers to prioritise compliance and child safety.

UPDATES: Hundreds of unsafe imported leaf blowers and glue guns have been seized at the Port of Felixstowe, highlighting the continuing challenge of preventing dangerous products from reaching UK consumers.

UPDATES: Test purchasing has exposed widespread failures by retailers to prevent underage sales of corrosive products, raising concerns about compliance with legislation designed to tackle knife crime and public safety.

UPDATES: Trading Standards officers have seized jewellery containing dangerously high levels of toxic metals at Stansted Airport, underlining the risks posed by unsafe imported consumer products.

UPDATES: A trader who imported almost 1,000 non-compliant and unsafe e-scooters and e-bikes has been successfully prosecuted by Islington Council following a Trading Standards investigation. Sardar Rassa, who traded.

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ANALYSIS: A family home destroyed in seconds, lives lost, and a father left to plead for change - all because of overheating e-bike and e-scooter batteries. With fires on the rise, experts are calling for urgent regulation, safer design, and stricter online sales rules. Read how one tragedy is sparking a fight to protect UK households from this hidden danger ...

UPDATES: OPSS’s first Horizon Scan places jetpacks and human implant technology among the emerging developments with the greatest potential consumer risk. The report also highlights online marketplaces, social commerce and fast-changing supply chains as areas where regulation and market surveillance will need to keep pace.

UPDATES: Trading Standards officers have intercepted unsafe imported goods before they reached consumers, underlining the importance of border enforcement in preventing hazardous products entering the UK market.

UPDATES: Safety testing has identified serious defects in imported plastic steps, prompting enforcement action and reinforcing the need for robust product compliance before goods reach consumers.

UPDATES: Enforcement action has removed unsafe upholstered furniture from sale after fire safety concerns were identified, demonstrating how product regulation protects consumers from potentially life-threatening risks.

UPDATES: Nottinghamshire Trading Standards and fire officers found 170 of 282 electric blankets tested at local events were unsafe, prompting renewed warnings on ageing products, visible damage and the fire risks facing vulnerable residents.

UPDATES: Heart of the South West Trading Standards is urging consumers to check the age, condition and safe use of hot water bottles, warning that damaged or ageing products can cause serious burns.

UPDATES: OPSS is warning parents, retailers and professionals about the serious risks posed by expandable water beads, following reports of severe injuries overseas and renewed advice on keeping the products away from young children.

UPDATES: Consumer group Which? has revealed serious shortcomings in the measures online marketplaces take to monitor the safety of the products listed on their platforms by posing as a seller of potentially dangerous and illegal electric heaters on Amazon, eBay, Etsy...

UPDATES: London Trading Standards is urging consumers to think twice before buying toys, electrical goods and cosmetics through online marketplaces, arguing outdated legislation leaves shoppers exposed to unsafe imports while platforms escape meaningful product safety responsibilities.