The government will test the UK’s Emergency Alert System again in 2025, causing everyone’s phone to make an alarm sound. The system has already sounded four times for real since its first test ...

All UK devices will blast out an alarm tone later this year in a new test of the 'Emergency Alert System'. First launched in 2023, this system is designed to warn the public if there is a danger ...

An "emergency alert" test that sounds a siren for ten seconds will be sent to millions of phones across the UK this year. It was first launched in 2023 to alert Britons of emergencies. Alerts may ...

Emergency text alerts will be sent to every phone in the UK later this year as part of a drill to prepare the country for war or other disaster. The first test for the nationwide smartphone warning ...