Around 87,000,000 mobile phones across Scotland and the UK will receive the warning this weekend. The UK Government will be testing their Emergency Alert System (EAS) for the second time this week.

The UK government is carrying out a test of its emergency alerts system later today. Millions of Brits will receive the alert at 3pm on Sunday (September 7). It will cause phones to vibrate and play a ...

Tens of millions of mobile phones across the UK will blare a siren sound at the same time on Sunday as part of government efforts to better prepare for national emergencies. The nationwide test comes ...

At 3:00 pm (1400 GMT), most of Britain’s 87 million mobile phones and tablets will emit the noise and vibrate for about 10 seconds. Millions of phones will all blare at once on Sunday across the UK as ...