The UK government's announced the date and time for the test of a new emergency alert system.
Mobile phones will receive the test alert - which will sound an alarm and display a message - at three o'clock in the afternoon local time on April 23rd.
It's designed for situations including flooding, wildfires, terror incidents or an attack on the UK.
Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden says the system is needed.
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Mobile phones will receive the test alert - which will sound an alarm and display a message - at three o'clock in the afternoon local time on April 23rd.
It's designed for situations including flooding, wildfires, terror incidents or an attack on the UK.
Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden says the system is needed.
IN: 'I think...
OUT: ...life.'
DUR: 13 seconds
http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/0406alert-dowden1.mp3