The UK’s national emergency alert system is designed to warn the public if there is a danger to life nearby. When sent, ...

A siren-like emergency warning message will be sent to mobile phone users across the UK next month to test the new public alert system. Phone users will be unable to use other features on their ...

The UK's emergency alert system is undergoing a nationwide test to prepare for potential threats. This free service, which doesn't use personal data, will sound a 10-second siren on 4G/5G phones.

The Cabinet Office said that it is issuing two emergency alerts to the phones of those in affected areas, with around half a million people expected to receive one. A spokesperson said: "The Met ...

The time has been set for the first ever national mobile phone emergency alert test in the UK. A nationwide test of the UK's emergency alert service is set to take place later this month. This will ...

A nationwide test of a new emergency alert system is taking place this weekend. People will hear a loud alarm on their mobile phones and a message will pop up on the screen as part of the test. The ...

The UK's first emergency phone alert took place at 3pm on Sunday. (Gov.uk) What's happening? Millions of mobile phones across the UK received the government's emergency alert on Sunday – but it has ...

Mobile phones across the UK will be sent an emergency alert as the government tests the system nationwide. During the test, the second only of its kind, approximately 87 million mobile devices will ...

Former Tory minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has criticised the government’s mobile phone alert system. (Getty) Former Tory cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has criticised the government’s mobile phone alert ...

The incoming mobile emergency alerts system could eventually be used to sound the alarm for terror attacks, nuclear threats and dangerous criminals on the loose, the ...

Millions of phones across the UK sounded with a siren on Sunday as part of a test for a new national emergency alert system. The loud alarm was planned to ring at 3pm on all devices that were using 4G ...

"Armageddon alerts" are to be sent to Britons' mobile phones to warn of disasters. A siren-like emergency warning message will be sent by the Government to mobile phone users across the UK next month ...