The UK's first ever emergency alert test
Apr 21, 2023•20 min
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more
Episode description
They say it could be the sound that saves your life.
For the first time ever in the UK, at 3pm this Sunday, the government will be trialling their new mobile emergency alert system.
Phones right across the country will sound and vibrate all at once.
So, why now has the government given this the get go? And what has been the reaction so far?
ITV News Political Correspondent Harry Horton tells ITV News Presenter Tom Bradby what you need to know...
For the first time ever in the UK, at 3pm this Sunday, the government will be trialling their new mobile emergency alert system.
Phones right across the country will sound and vibrate all at once.
So, why now has the government given this the get go? And what has been the reaction so far?
ITV News Political Correspondent Harry Horton tells ITV News Presenter Tom Bradby what you need to know...
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android