The government tested “emergency alerts” on millions of phones across the UK yesterday (September 7). The sound, which rang ...

During the mobile alert, the UK’s approximately 87 million mobile devices will ring out with a high-pitched alarm and vibrate ...

Smartphone users across the UK will hear a high pitched siren sound and receive a text message from UK Government as part of a test of the national emergency alert system on Sunday, September 7.

The government will send out an emergency alert to millions of people across the UK on Sunday, September 7 - but how exactly does it work and how did they get your number?

The alert is scheduled to sound on Sunday, September 7, at 3pm across the UK. Motorists have been advised not to interact ...

The government emergency alert system is pretty important though, so remember to turn your phone settings back on afterwards ...

Toggle off‘extreme alerts’ and ‘severe alerts’. If this option doesn’t appear, try searching ‘wireless emergency alerts’ in ...