999 chiefs downgrade 'emergency'
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As call levels return to normal, the ambulance service says its 'special emergency' status is no longer in place.
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NHS star ratings are set to be replaced by a five-level worded grading system under new proposals.
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The Disasters Emergency Committee says it is "winding down" its tsunami aid appeal, expected to raise Â£200m.
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Michael Howard says red tape is hampering the police and preventing them from doing their jobs.
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In his first formal interview since the Boxing Day disaster, David Fall said that plans drawn up by embassies for dealing with such emergencies would now have to be revised.
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The new health minister is urged to re-examine plans to shift emergency treatment from Livingston.
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A sleaze watchdog is to be scaled back in a shake-up of the way local councillors' conduct is regulated.
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The government on Friday declared a national electricity emergency and said it would introduce urgent measures to try to reduce demand and boost supply, as sweeping power outages caused chaos and misery across the country
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A leaked survey of Welsh ambulance service staff finds most do not think changes are well handled.
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Police are bogged down in red tape and afraid to use their judgement, says the chief inspector of constabulary.
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Environment secretary to address Commons as towns are cut off and hospitals evacuated.
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Two senior officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who opposed many questionable management and spending decisions by the agency's former director are being moved to lower-ranking positions effective Thursday, officials said.
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Poor communication amid terror raids damages the police's need for community support, a report says.
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The District of Columbia&#39;s emergency medical services, which ranked lowest among the nation&#39;s 50 largest cities in a USA TODAY investigation last year, has replaced
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LOS ANGELES Los Angeles County supervisors have recommended that a troubled South LA hospital drop its trauma services as part of a &quot;comprehensive rescue plan&quot; to lighten the load in its emergency department.
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Weary South Wales cops finger phone timewasters South Wales police force has published a list of top time-wasting 999 calls during the past year in an attempt to convince people not to pick up the phone unless it's really necessary.â¦
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He's just getting off the carousel, over HM Revenue and Customs has signed up to use the emergency services' digital communications network.â¦