Cumbria Police have been made aware of a technical issue with BT which is resulting in people being unable to make phones calls from landlines in areas across south and west Cumbria.
BT have notified police that the affected areas are:
- Barrow
- Cleator Moor
- Harrington
- Gosforth
- Kirkbride
- Seascale
- Windermere
Affected members of the public may experience no dial tone and be unable to make outgoing calls, including dialling 999, from their landlines.
There is no reported impact on mobile phone services or internet-based services.
BT engineers are working to resolve this as soon as possible.
Residents are encouraged to check on neighbours and vulnerable people in your community who may be unaware and may rely on their landlines.
If you need to report a non-urgent matter, please consider reporting online via our website – www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it.