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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Martha McHardy

Emergency alert: Why did phone users get test at different times

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Millions of people across the country received the first-ever nationwide test of the government’s new emergency alert system today.

While the alert was scheduled to go out at 3pm, many mobile phone users complained that they received the alert at 2.59pm – startling or scaring them because it went off earlier than expected.

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