At 3 PM British Summer Time in the United Kingdom, the government has sent out a test text message for the Emergency Alert system. This system sends critical alert notifications to smartphones.

The alerts will be sent via cellphone towers, which will broadcast warnings to anyone in danger. They are intended to be used “very rarely,” the British government said in a statement ...

It read: "This is a test of Emergency Alerts ... "Most British people in these situations keep calm and carry on", he added. But there are fresh fears the system could be hacked by rogue ...

A siren-like alert ... British government said it has been working closely with a range of stakeholders and partners across the UK on developing the system, including colleagues from the emergency ...

The UK will conduct its first test of a new emergency alert service on Sunday, with millions of mobile phones set to emit a loud alarm and vibrate at 3:00pm (1400 GMT). The national system ...

The British government has introduced a new ... “We are strengthening our national resilience with a new emergency alerts system, to deal with a wide range of threats – from flooding to ...