Tens of millions of mobile phone users have received a message and loud alarm during the first nationwide test of the government's new public alert system. However, many people received the alert at 2 ...

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On Sunday, April 23, your phone will play a loud siren for 10 seconds, even if it is on silent. That is because the Government is testing a new emergency system to warn citizens of urgent threats.

This second test of the national emergency alert system, and first since 2023, will be on Sunday, September 7, at 3pm. Mobile phones connected to 4G and 5G networks will vibrate and emit a siren sound ...

The message, which was last sent out on April 2023, will be received on 87 million mobile phones with 4G and 5G, in line with a recommendation from the Covid inquiry regarding crisis preparation.

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An emergency alert will be sent to millions of mobile phones and tablets across the UK tomorrow afternoon at 3pm on September 7. The Government will run a national test of the Emergency Alerts system ...

At 15:00 BST on Sunday, 23 April, an emergency alarm will sound on most smartphones across the UK. The message will be received on 4G and 5G mobile phones and will emphasise the alert is a 'test' of a ...