Ofcom is investigating BT and Three over mobile outages it said had caused "UK-wide disruption", including to emergency ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...