The force has said the calls, which totalled 1.87m between July 2024 and July 2025, took up valuable call handler time and stopped them from dealing with genuine emergencies.

Court documents from last month’s sentencing of Dalton Stewart, who was charged under the Forests Act, revealed the fire was ...

Only 15 per cent of 999 calls made to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) are genuine emergencies, according to latest data.

A 999 caller rang the police to complain about a missing takeaway order. In audio shared by the Metropolitan Police on Monday ...

The Met Police would like to remind people that the failure of their pizza to arrive on time is not a reason to call the 999 ...

In the last year, just 15% of all 999 calls to the Metropolitan Police have been for genuine emergencies, the force has said. Non-emergency calls included someone who had a spider in their room, ...

The video has been released by the Metropolitan Police after it was revealed that around one in seven of the 999 calls made to the force are genuine emergencies.

Shocking figures released today show just 15 per cent of 999 calls made to the Met Police are genuine emergencies, as ...

Martin Joseph Groogan, 43, of Gortin Crescent, Dungannon, is accused of attempted murder and possession of offensive weapon, namely a knife, with intent to commit an indictable offence. The attempted ...