Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ambulance 999 calls soar during freezing weather as Storm Goretti to hit UK Ambulance services have seen a surge in 999 calls ...

A force says most calls it receives are appropriate but it needs to free up call handlers' time.

A woman made false calls to emergency services while on bail for sending obscene messages to police. Elizabeth Hemmings, 58, repeatedly phoned ambulance call operators for bogus reasons despite being ...

Police chiefs in Staffordshire have urged families to only call 999 in a real emergency - after the force had been inundated with calls. Staffordshire Police has revealed how across Thursday and ...