The status indicator light keeps flashing even though the handset is not in use:
I had this problem. 4 handsets and none of them were in use. There was also an icon indicating a message had been left, but on the base station there were no messages at all. Several weeks previously we had changed our line rental and broadband to the Post Office and we did not realise that they operated a voicemail service. The flashing light was telling us we had new messages that we hadn't listened to. I dialled 1571 and found 8 messages going back weeks. I listened to and deleted all of them and the light stopped flashing.
PHVG
June 2017