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

A police force has seen an increase in the number of 999 calls it receives, despite more of a focus on digital communications. Suffolk Police figures for 2025 show that 115,065 emergency calls were ...

Hundreds of urgent 999 calls to the police are routinely being ignored - amid claims a drastic shortage of officers is putting public safety at risk. Shocking new figures reveal that in more than 600 ...

They are the voice at the end of the phone during life or death situations and at some of the most frightening moments of people's lives. When a Northumbria Police contact handler answers a 999 call ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There was a flurry of inappropriate calls to the police 999 service over the weekend that in no way could have been considered ...

An 'irate' rough sleeper bombarded the police with 999 calls, falsely reporting crimes including murder and kidnap. Richard Lawton made 72 hoax calls in a two-week period, also suggesting people were ...