“NEW PHONE LIFELINE FOR LONE WOMEN,” The Daily Mail headline said on October 8, 2021. Adding that: “Priti backs plan for 888 number”. The new number, developed in response to public outrage over the ...

An emergency phone line to protect lone women in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder has been binned, HuffPost UK can reveal. After Wayne Couzens was sentenced to life in prison, in September 2021, BT ...

The Home Secretary has given her backing to a phone service aimed ... has run the 999 emergency number for 84 years. The new "walk me home" service could be in operation by Christmas, potentially with ...

An emergency phone number created to protect women after the murder of Sarah Everard has been scrapped by BT. The company proposed the new 888 service in September 2021 for women who felt ...