A police force tonight issued an urgent update after its 101 phone line was hit by an outage and its 999 calls were facing delays .

Wiltshire Police said the issue was caused by "technical difficulties" in their control room. The force said those calling 999 to report an emergency would have their calls answered but with "a slight delay" but the 101 telephone service isn't currently working.

However, the 101 function on the police 's website is still working, police said, urging those who want to report a crime not in progress to use it. The police said it is working to bring the telephone service back online as soon as possible.

Wiltshire Police said in a statement: "We are currently experiencing technical difficulties in our control room which have resulted in an outage of the

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