UK mobile phones blare in national emergency test | International

The nationwide drill caused England's third ODI cricket match against SouthAfrica to be paused while kick-off for a rugby league match was pushed backto avoid disruption. At 3:00 pm (1400 GMT), phones and tablets emitted the noise and vibrated forabout 10 seconds, while users also received a message saying it was just atest. It was only the second test of the country's national emergency alert systemfollowing the first in 2023. The government had in recent weeks embarked on a publicity drive to minimiseany shock caused, including through announcements at rail stations and signson motorways. It has used the system to issue real warnings to local areas five times inthe past two years. In January, some 4.5 million people in Scotland...