Electrical socket safety covers designed to protect children are "absurd" and could be dangerous, according to engineers who have warned parents not to waste their money on the devices. Members of the ...

While curiosity is crucial in developing children, sometimes some things are better left unexplored. For a 2-year-old, electrical sockets are fascinating. A device affixed to the wall incites their ...

Parents are being urged to throw plug socket covers away to prevent their children seriously harming themselves. An electrician posted a warning about "horrible, unsafe" socket covers on Facebook a ...

It's a pesky downside to the miraculous tech-driven world we live in: The more gadgets we own, the more unsightly cables and cords we have dangling, tangling and winding around our homes. If there ...

A dad and electrician is warning parents about the dangers of using electrical socket covers. Father-of-five Steve Palmer says many parents are unaware of the risk they are creating by using the ...

A dad's warning over the dangers of parents and carers using electrical socket covers has gone viral. Dad-of-five and electrician Steve Palmer says many parents are unaware of the risk they are ...

Parents have been told to throw plug socket covers away to stop children from seriously harming themselves. An electrician posted a warning about "horrible, unsafe" on Facebook a week ago and this has ...

They were invented to keep young children from getting electrical shocks, but now a pressure group says socket covers actually present a dangerous risk to them. Annette Rawstrone reports. Child safety ...