Non-emergency calls included someone who had a spider in their room, another whose dog would not come back into their house, ...

UK police agencies have witnessed a disturbing rise in unintended 999 calls. On Saturday, there was an unusual spike in calls-nearly 9,500 to the 999 emergency line and another 3,000 to non-emergency ...

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The government has announced measures to beef up the resilience of the UK’s 999 emergency call handling system. This comes nine months after communications regulator Ofcom launched an investigation ...

The NHS 111 service provides urgent medical advice for cases that are not 999 emergencies, around the clock, every day of the ...

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has opened a new compliance programme to assess whether regulated UK phone providers are meeting their obligations concerning the ...

VoIP phone services must allow users to make 999 emergency calls, under proposals published by communications watchdog Ofcom. VoIP services are increasingly adopting the look and feel of traditional ...

A major incident unfolded in Cambridgeshire after multiple stabbings were reported onboard a UK LNER train on Saturday ...

Shocking figures released today show just 15 per cent of 999 calls made to the Met Police are genuine emergencies, as officers remind the public to only call in urgent or life-threatening situations.