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Entertainment organisers move to limit disruption from emergency alert test

Spectators of sport and entertainment may face disruption on Sunday when millions of mobile phones across the UK will emit a loud alarm and vibrate at 3pm in a nationwide test of a new public alert system. The trial of the system that aims to warn ...

21 Apr 2023 at 15:45

Drivers warned not to pick up phones during emergency alert test

Drivers are being warned that it will be illegal to pick up their mobiles during the first test of the Government’s new emergency alert service. The AA said motorists may prefer to switch off their electronic devices before Sunday’s test as laws ...

20 Apr 2023 at 15:44

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Germany retests emergency warning system but Berlin’s sirens fail to sound

Warning messages sounded on mobile phones and alarms blared across Germany as part of a nationwide test of the emergency alert system on Thursday, but in Berlin the sirens stayed quiet. The latest “warning day” was conducted after an ...

14 Sept 2023 at 12:56

Mobile alerts system could eventually be used for terror and nuclear threats

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 Government has said. It will initially be used to warn people ...

17 Apr 2023 at 12:21

Mobile users to get emergency alert in nationwide test on April 23

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

19 Mar 2023 at 00:29

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Drivers warned not to pick up phones during emergency alert test

20 Apr 2023 at 18:33

Details of next week’s UK mobile emergency alert system test released

A message will appear alongside a loud alarm on millions of mobile phones across the UK at 3pm on April 23 in a nationwide test of a new public alert system. The system is intended to be used in life-threatening situations ...

16 Apr 2023 at 00:01

National test of mobile alert system set for 3pm on April 23

Millions of mobile phones across the UK will emit a loud alarm and vibrate at 3pm on April 23 in a nationwide test of a new public alert system. The system is intended to be used in life-threatening situations including ...

06 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Winds top 100mph as Storm Eowyn causes travel disruption and power cuts

Winds reached 100mph as Storm Eowyn left one person dead, more than a million people without power and caused significant travel disruption across the UK and Ireland. Rail services, flights and ferries have been ...

24 Jan 2025 at 20:11

Millions urged to stay home as record-breaking Storm Eowyn brings disruption

Millions of people have been urged to stay at home as 100mph winds pose a danger to life and cause travel disruption across the UK. Rail services, flights and ferries have been axed, with rare red weather ...

24 Jan 2025 at 11:55

Hurricane force winds batter UK as millions warned to stay indoors

Hurricane force winds posing danger to life have hit the UK, as millions of people have been urged to stay at home during Storm Eowyn. Rail services, flights and ferries have been axed, and rare red ...

24 Jan 2025 at 14:46

Learn from ‘our Scandinavian neighbours’ about crises and war, ministers urged

Ministers have been urged to learn about crisis planning from “our Scandinavian neighbours”, where authorities have handed out pamphlets about preparing for war and emergencies. Pat McFadden said ...

08 Jul 2025 at 14:41

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