A woman dialled 999 furious she could not get through to vote for Strictly Come Dancing winner Tom Chambers.

It was just one of a string of ridiculous emergency calls over the Christmas period. reports the Daily Mirror.

Others included a priest complaining he was not allowed to use a toilet in a WH Smith store and a man who said shop staff had put unwanted mushrooms on his pizza.

Another caller dialled 999 to report Santa was breaking into a house with Rudolf.

Greater Manchester Police got almost 5,000 emergency calls but a "significant portion" were from people who did not need them.

Supt Karan Lee said: "This puts lives at risk."

-Nova