‘I’ve broken my tooth’: Most bizarre calls to Welsh Ambulance Service revealed

On Monday, more than half of the Welsh Ambulance Service’s ambulances were waiting to hand over patients (Alamy/PA) -

A chipped tooth, an escaped pet alligator and a finger stuck in a beer bottle are some of the most bizarre calls made to the emergency services in Wales over the past year.

Of the 426,116 calls to the ambulance service last year, 63,836 (15%) were not a life-or-death emergency – an average of 175 calls a day.