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Hoax 999 calls battle victory

Vince Larvin

2:21pm Friday 4th January 2008

THEY are the scourge of our ambulance service - and the time they waste could make the difference between somebody living or dying.

Crackdown on emergency service pranksters

Vince Larvin, of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, at the launch of the campaign entitled Can You Spot The Difference Between An Ambulance And A Taxi?

3:18pm Sunday 16th December 2007

PRANKSTERS who dial 999 to ask for a chat with Santa are being told to think twice as part of a hard-hitting campaign aimed at saving lives.

Name the hoaxers

Graham Buckle

7:04am Thursday 11th October 2007

THE people of York and North Yorkshire are being asked to help name and shame even more malicious hoax callers.

Bogus 999 call drive is backed

Coun Ken King

10:45am Tuesday 2nd October 2007

A COUNCILLOR serving on North Yorkshire Fire Authority has lent his backing to The Press's bold new campaign to catch bogus 999 callers.

Shop the hoaxers

Emergency Services fear bogus calls will divert them away from a real emergency

11:00am Monday 1st October 2007

FIRE chiefs in North Yorkshire are upping their fight against reckless hoax callers, who endanger lives and cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds a year.


UK News

Royal sale doubles estimate

William Tallon holding two of the Queen's Corgis

Updated 9:58pm Saturday 5th July 2008

Hundreds of mementoes that give a unique below stairs insight into the Royal household went under the hammer and fetched hundreds of thousands of pounds.


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