Millions of phones across the UK will receive an Emergency Alert text as part of a nationwide test in September as the Government gives the system a trial run. The text message will be accompanied by ...

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Is there going to be another emergency alert test in the UK? The UK Government will be testing the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday (September 7). The test will see phones across the country make a ...

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The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones will be tested for the second time this afternoon, on Sunday, 7 September. The alerts are designed ...

Residents in the Houston jurisdiction will receive an alert on their phone as the City of Houston Office of Emergency Management conducts a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) test on Friday. According to ...

Compatible mobile phones and tablets will receive an alert, make a loud siren-like sound and vibrate. A spokesperson said that people will not need to take any action when the test alert sounds on ...

On Sunday, September 7, at 3pm, an Emergency Alert test notification will be dispatched to all compatible devices across the UK. The UK government is trialling its emergency alert system to ensure ...

Phones across the country will receive a text this weekend as part of one of the "biggest public safety exercises" in UK history. It will see tens of millions of mobile phones vibrate and emit siren ...

Millions of West Midlanders will receive an emergency alert on Sunday (September 7). The test is set to take place across the UK. But can you turn it off and not receive it? A test of the government’s ...

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