UPDATE: 999 back online across Fife and Tayside after outage
Last updated 20th Nov 2018
Extra police patrols were put in place this morning after 999 services went down across “significant” parts of eastern Scotland.
People living in the affected areas of Fife and Tayside were urged to use a mobile phone or visit an emergency service station, when possible.
Police Scotland tweeted that BT engineers were working to fix the issue.
More officers were placed on patrol, with the loss of service described as “significant”.