Topic: Trading Standards Institute

Last updated at 02:05am on . Children have been able to buy violent computer games online (posed by model). Violent computer games are being sold illegally to children through internet auction sites, a trading watchdog has warned. Traders found guilty of supplying ...

Drop In Financial Confidence Noted

The country's financial optimism has fallen dramatically, new figures show. In the latest consumer confidence index released by Nationwide, Britons' outlook towards money decreased by 12 points over the course of November to stand at 86 - the largest monthly drop ever ...

Shoddy servicing 'at 90 per cent of garages'

Last updated at 00:07am on . The results brought a call for the Office of Fair Trading to clamp down on Britain's 26,000 garages. magazine editor Neil Fowler said: 'We've found a generally lax approach to servicing, unbelievable basic ...
Last updated at 11:22am on . Doctors: 'Drinking alcohol on the streets should be banned' Hospital admissions for drink problems soared 14 per cent after Labour relaxed the licensing laws in November 2005. They also show a doubling of alcohol-related hospital admissions ...
Last updated at 07:37am on . Worrying: Admissions to hospital with alcohol-related illnesses are on the increase Hospital admissions for drink problems soared 14 per cent after Labour relaxed the licensing laws in November 2005. They also show a doubling of alcohol-related ...
Last updated at 11:22am on . Doctors: 'Drinking alcohol on the streets should be banned' Hospital admissions for drink problems soared 14 per cent after Labour relaxed the licensing laws in November 2005. They also show a doubling of alcohol-related hospital admissions ...

Hospitals see a 14pc rise in drink victims

Last updated at 07:37am on . Worrying: Admissions to hospital with alcohol-related illnesses are on the increase Hospital admissions for drink problems soared 14 per cent after Labour relaxed the licensing laws in November 2005. They also show a doubling of alcohol-related ...

Tooth whitening kits can be bad for your health

Last updated at 14:52pm on . One product they looked at contained 230 times the legal level of hydrogen peroxide, the common active ingredient. Manufacturers and suppliers of those kits which did not meet the legal limit of 0.1 per cent ...