The UK wide test of the life-saving public Emergency Alerts system will take place at 3pm on Sunday, April 23. How to turn off Emergency Alerts on your phoneWomen’s Aid and Refuge have both highlighted how you can turn your alert off. If you have an iPhone or Android phone or table, search settings for ‘emergency alerts’ and click ‘notifications’, then scroll to the bottom of the page and turn off ‘emergency alerts’ and ‘severe alerts’. For anyone with a Huawei, search your settings for ‘emergency alerts’ and turn off ‘extreme threats’, ‘severe threats’, and "show amber alerts’. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Oliver Dowden MP said: “Put the date in your diaries - at 3pm on 23 April, we'll be testing our new national Emergency Alerts system.

Source: Express April 20, 2023 12:27 UTC