A police force has received more than 4,000 calls over the festive period, including almost 300 to its 999 emergency service ...

Durham Police call handlers were kept busy over the festive period dealing with hundreds of calls to the force control room.

“It’s not unusual for us to see 5,000 calls in 24 hours,” chief superintendent of the Thames Valley police department, Simon Dodds, told City AM. “Prioritising 999 over everything else is a real ...

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North Yorkshire Police has gone from being one of the slowest forces in the country for answering 999 calls to one of the ...