People have been sharing their confusion after receiving the Government’s emergency test alert in the middle of the night, with one woman saying her phone ‘scared the life out of her’ when it woke her up at 2.30am today (April 24).
Phones across the country rang out with a siren at around 3pm as part of a government trial of the new national alert system, which will be used to get in touch with residents in cases of life-threatening emergencies, such as floods or wildfires.
Whilst most phones went off at the correct time, or at least a minute before or after, some reported not receiving the alert altogether leading to confusion. Mobile provider Three said it was working with the Government to understand why many of its customers did not receive the message.
