UK Tests Emergency Alert System
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Phones to blast out 'emergency alarm' as UK warned to prepare for war

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All UK devices will blast out an alarm tone later this year in a new test of the 'Emergency Alert System' The system is designed to warn the public if there is a danger to life nearby.
This latest test comes as the government's security strategy warns that the UK homeland could come under 'direct threat' in a 'wartime scenario' The next nationwide test will occur at some point in the coming year .
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