On 11 December 2005 the UK experienced one of its largest explosions since World War Two at a oil depot that was holding up ...

The public are being urged to "think carefully before using 999" as the East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST) continues to face "extreme pressure". The service took almost 24,000 emergency calls ...

The London Ambulance Service (LAS) has urged people to only call 999 in a “life-threatening emergency”, after it received the same number of emergency calls on Thursday and Friday as a typical New ...

While many of this symptoms may be uncomfortable or distressing, they tend to get better on their on after a week or two and ...

Jan. 26 (UPI) --The Welsh Ambulance Service released details of some of the most "inappropriate" calls to the emergency 999 number, including members of the public who ate too much kebob and lost ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

In the first few days of the launch on November 25 there were major delays with answering emergency calls from the public ...

Mobile network Three UK is investigating reports that some customers are unable to make 999 calls. Three and EE users have reported issues getting onto the internet and receiving calls to their phones ...

On July 3 2010, Raoul Moat shot and injured his ex-girlfriend, Samantha Stobbart, while killing her new partner, Chris Brown. In the hours after that shocking attack, Moat, 37, would go on to shoot ...