Non-emergency phone lines restored

An investigation has been launched after technical issues affected non-emergency police and NHS phone lines for a number of hours today.

Police forces across the UK, in including Devon & Cornwall Police, reported problems with 101 between 9am and 1pm today. The 111 NHS number also went down, as well as some other services including RAC Breakdown recovery.

Vodafone, which operates both numbers, apologised and is investigating.