Emergency government alert goes off across the UK amid reports of delays

Описание: People living in the UK have received the first-ever nationwide test of the government’s new emergency alert system.

However, some Britons have complained that they received the alert early, while others did not receive it at all.

There have been reports of the alert going off at 2:59, and as late as 15:30 for others

The system is intended to be used to warn citizens of life-threatening situations, such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks and

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