or if the ‘emergency alert’ setting on your phone is set to ‘off.’” Emergency alerts only sounded on iPhones running iOS 14.5 or later and Android phones and tablets running Android 11 or later. The ...

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 government tested “emergency alerts” on millions of phones across the UK yesterday (September 7). The sound, which rang out at 3pm, was the second-ever trial of the government programme. Some ...

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.

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