Devon and Cornwall Police is urging the public to only call 999 in a genuine emergency during the Christmas period. The force ...

Police say to stay on the line if you accidentally dial 999. (Alamy) Police have issued advice on what to do if you call 999 by mistake, after a rise in accidental calls to the emergency services.

Sussex Police has topped league tables for 999 call response times for the past four months, answering 98% of calls within 10 ...

The Metropolitan Police is falling short on its aim of answering 90% of emergency calls within 10 seconds, a government ...

VoIP telephony providers will have to enable customers to make calls to the emergency services, following a ruling by Ofcom on Wednesday. All VoIP providers who connect to the UK's public switched ...

A social media post spreading online claims that if you are in an emergency situation where you’re unable to talk, for example if you’re choking or an intruder is in your home, you can call 999, press ...

Jasmin Kuczynska, 12, and her seven-year-old sister were both found dead at a house in Costessey, Norfolk - East Anglia News Service A police force has referred itself to the watchdog after it failed ...

This is the astonishing moment a man dials 999 to report that his Uber Eats driver arrived without his food. The video has been released by the Metropolitan Police after it was revealed that around ...

The Welsh Ambulance Service revealed some of the most ridiculous calls it received this year — including a woman who lost her voice, a person who had eaten too much kebab and another person who’d ...

A revolutionary new app has been launched that enables deaf people needing emergency service assistance to make a video call via a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter. Previously, people with ...

VoIP telephony providers in the United Kingdom will have to enable customers to make calls to the emergency services, following a ruling by Office of Communication (Ofcom) on Wednesday. All VoIP ...