Loud siren-like sounds are to be triggered on mobile phones in April when the government runs a test of its new national emergency alerts system. While fully operational the service - nicknamed the ...

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 ...

Smartphones which did not receive a nationwide emergency alert test will be part of a review into the trial of the alarm. While millions of people across the UK heard an alarm on their phones at 15:00 ...

Tens of millions of mobile phones in the UK received a message and sounded a loud alarm in the second nationwide test of the government's public alert system. The test came through on mobiles ...

It was a patchy launch for the test of the government’s new emergency alert system, with reports of some users being woken up by the booming alarm in the early hours of Monday morning. While the alert ...

A siren has sounded on smartphones across the UK as part of a government test of a system that will be used to warn of life-threatening emergencies However, initial reports suggest many people didn't ...

THE so-called ‘Armageddon alerts’ your phone will get as of next month certainly won’t be mistaken for your typical device alarms. But what sound should you be listening out for? Please provide a ...

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.

And that's a wrap... you can pop your phones away now. We're now ending our coverage, thanks for joining us and providing your reaction to the nationwide alert test. You can read more about it in our ...