A cold calling firm which made 200 million calls in four months put lives at risk by clogging up Network Rail lines, a report has found. Dunbartonshire-based CRDNN Ltd has been fined £500,000 by a government watchdog after plaguing homes and businesses with around 1.5 million automated calls a day with offers on windows, debt management, conservatories and boilers. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) said calls to Network Rail's Banavie Control Centre, near Fort William put lives at risk by clogging up the line for drivers and pedestrians at unmanned level crossings, who were calling to check whether or not it was safe to cross the rails.
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