Millions of people across the country received the first-ever nationwide test of the government’s new emergency alert system today. While the alert was scheduled to go out at 3pm, many mobile phone ...

As fears mount over the potential of WW3, the UK will test its emergency alarm system for the first time in two years. All UK devices will blast out an alarm tone later this year in a new test of the ...

Members of the Sentinel Squad UK dressed as Darth Vader and Stormtroopers with their mobile phones during a test of a new emergency public alert system during the Sci Fi Scarborough at The Spa Complex ...

On the afternoon of Sunday, September 7, Brits are being warned to brace themselves as the UK government plans to carry out an emergency alert test on all 4G and 5G mobile networks. The Emergency ...

While most UK mobile phones sounded a jarring alarm just before 3 p.m., users on some networks didn’t receive the widely flagged test of a new emergency-warning system. “A very small proportion of ...

This Sunday at 3pm, there will be a UK-wide test of a new national emergency alert system. It will cause every mobile phone in the UK to sound an alarm tone, and cause the handset to vibrate - even if ...

UK police have warned against Android’s Emergency SOS feature. The feature has resulted in a sharp rise in accidental emergency service calls. The warning comes after similar warnings around the world ...

Residents are being warned ahead of the sounding of an emergency alarm at an oil refinery. The alert will sound at the ExxonMobil Fawley site, near Southampton, twice on Tuesday at 14:30 and then ...