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The Microsoft 365 outage is delaying email for councils and police in Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire Live reports, with some services asking people to use the phone instead for urgent matters.
Why it mattersLincolnshire Police advises calling 101 about time-critical, non-emergency reports, and 999 in an emergency. Lincolnshire County Council says its online forms are still working, while the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust says appointments and procedures are going ahead as planned. For local residents, the practical point is to use the relevant service’s stated alternative rather than assume an email has arrived. Even the cloud has office hours, apparently, and today it is making them everyone’s problem.
Discuss: When a major email provider fails, should public services be expected to maintain a clearly tested alternative contact route for every urgent service?
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