BREAKING: People are being urged to call 101 instead of 999 after a ‘technical fault’ downed the emergency phone line.
People are being urged to call 101 instead of 999 after a ‘technical fault’ downed the emergencyThe issue, which forces say is down to ‘system failure’ with BT, appears to be impacting emergency services up and down Britain.Service tweeted: ‘Due to a technical fault that is impacting a number of police forces, many 999 calls are not connecting.‘Please ONLY call in an emergency and please wait until later to make any 101 non-emergency calls.
Police, ambulance and fire services in a number of regions, from Greater Manchester and Hampshire to West Yorkshire and Wiltshire, reported the glitch.
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