Hours worth of crimes reported to Police Scotland online were not saved, the force has revealed, with it blaming its provider for the second outage in three months.
The fault with Police Scotland's non-emergency report form saw more than 80 messages sent between 3pm and 6pm on Friday not received, with the force now urging people to re-submit their inquiries.
Assistant Chief Constable Emma Bond said: "We are taking this matter very seriously and are working with the supplier to put measures in place to significantly reduce the risk of this happening again."