999 calls: Police and fire services hit by technical glitch

Many 999 calls are not connecting owed to a method responsibility affecting a fig of constabulary forces, the Metropolitan Police said.

It has urged radical to telephone 101 successful an exigency until further notice.

The nationalist are being advised to prevention non-emergency calls for later.

Scottish Fire and Rescue, Police Scotland, West Midlands Police, Devon and Cornwall Police, Norfolk Police and South Yorkshire Police are besides experiencing 999 issues.