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105 (telephone number)

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were an immediate response is not required or when the event has already taken place and nobody is in any danger, such as a stolen car, property damage, to add additional information to an existing police report or to contact your local police station. It is the analogue of the
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Prior to the launch of the single number in 2016, people wishing to contact the relevant electric distribution company would have needed to know the 11-digit phone number of the electricity distribution company who served their area. Industry research following
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showed that most people in the event of a power cut would contact their
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Launched on 10 May 2019, 105 is used for non-emergency calls to
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Electric power infrastructure in the United Kingdom
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emergency telephone number
Mongolia
single non-emergency number
United Kingdom
New Zealand
distribution network operator
winter storms in 2013/2014
electricity supplier
National Grid
Police
101 telephone number
Electricity sector in the United Kingdom
101 (telephone number)
111 (emergency telephone number)
999 (emergency telephone number)


"Power cut? Dial 105 wherever you are in the UK"
The Guardian


"Police announces non-emergency number – it's 105"
"Dial '105' for electricity helpline"
Ofcom
the original
"New national phone line launched for power cuts"
The Telegraph
"There's a new phone number to ring if you're hit by a power cut"
Daily Mirror
"Backyard banter Police launch 105 nonemergency call number"

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