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A woman who needed more credit on her mobile phone and a man who left his coat on a bus are among callers who have dialled 999 in Greater Manchester.
Police have issued details of a number of unnecessary telephone calls, in an attempt to remind people to only phone 999 for genuine emergencies.
The examples have been released as part of a national 999 Day.
A Greater Manchester Police spokesman told the BBC: "999 Day has been launched to appeal to the public to only ring 999 in a real emergency as tying up the lines unnecessarily puts people's lives at risk and could delay someone in need of urgent help getting through."
Click through the images below to discover some of the baffling reasons people have called 999.
