People in the UK were surprised by unexpected alarms from their phones in a test of the national emergency alert system.

Yesterday, people's phones vibrated and sounded for about 10 seconds in the second test of the system.

UK correspondent Gavin Grey explains further.

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People in the UK were surprised by unexpected alarms from their phones in&nbsp;a test of the national emergency alert system.
Yesterday, people's phones&nbsp;vibrated and sounded for about 10 seconds in the second test of the system.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey explains further.
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Gavin Grey: UK correspondent on the UK trialling emergency alerts in nationwide test

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