A pub has told its customers to leave their mobile phones at home on Sunday to avoid customers' roast lunches being disturbed by an emergency alert set to sound on all UK devices. The nationwide trial will see all UK mobile phones let out a loud siren and show a message at 3pm on April 23, as the Government tests its new warning system.
But The Camelot pub, near Yeovil in Somerset, said it doesn't want to alert to “intrude our lives on a Sunday here” and has told punters to leave their phones at home, SomersetLive reports. It says anyone who does bring their mobile to the pub should turn it off and has warned that if an alarm does sound, the owner of the device will be expected to make a “large donation” to the venue's charity box.
The alert will sound even if a device has been switched to silent. A message will say: “This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that will warn you if there's a life-threatening emergency nearby.
