The government is set to test the emergency alert system on UK mobile phones this year. (Stock image: Getty) ...

A 10-second siren will sound on millions of UK mobile phones this year as part of a test of the government's emergency alert system. The alert, for which a date hasn't yet been revealed, was announced ...

Some 4.5million people will get an emergency alert at 6pm after the Met Office issued a rare 'red alert' warning ahead of Storm Eowyn hitting parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland ...

A 10-second siren will sound on millions of UK mobile phones this year as part of a test of the government's emergency alert system. The alert, for which a date hasn't yet been revealed ...

The alert in response to Storm Eowyn is the largest real life use of the emergency system to date and caused mobile phones to make a loud siren-like sound, even if on silent when the alert was issued.

The public were being urged to expect an emergency alert sound on their mobile phones this ... The UK Emergency Alert System was rolled out two years ago, when phone users were braced to hear ...

The nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS), which sends alerts through mobile phones, will be tested later this year. The EAS causes phones and tablets to vibrate, read the alert aloud and emit a ...

The nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS), which sends alerts through mobile phones, will again be tested. It will sound as part of a series of steps ministers are taking in response to ...