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.

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 emergency call handler has opened up about the heartbreaking reality of their job – and it's made many people reflect on how and why the emergency service is used ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People have been left heartbroken after hearing about the calls 999 handlers receive on an almost daily basis - and it has ...