LONDON (AP) — If your pet alligator escapes, don’t call for an ambulance — unless it has sunk its teeth into someone. That’s the message from the Welsh Ambulance Service in a plea to get ...

The UK's ambulance service is pleading with the public to stop phoning them with non-emergencies. With public health services stretched thin in the U.K., there is no shortage of anecdotes about people ...

The UK's ambulance service is pleading with the public to stop phoning them with non-emergencies. With public health services stretched thin in the U.K., there is no shortage of anecdotes about ...

A Runaway Alligator and Other Non-Emergencies That Hampered UK Ambulance Dispatchers LONDON (AP) — If your pet alligator escapes, don't call for an ambulance — unless it has sunk its teeth ...

That's the message from the Welsh Ambulance Service in a plea to get people to stop phoning with non-emergencies. With public health services stretched thin in the UK, there is no shortage of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. From pet alligator escape to a chipped tooth, unnecessary calls overburden UK emergency services FILE ...