Did the emergency alert test go to plan?

Phones around the UK sounded an alarm and vibrated for 10 seconds at 2.59pm on Sunday, as part of the first nationwide test of the government's new public alert system.

But some received the alert late and some did not receive it at all.

Sky's data and forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire reports on how the test unfolded and the concerns around the safety of this proposed alert system.

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[anonymousshitposter]

Scriptwriter is definitely a Star Wars fan 0:25. No way that wasn’t deliberate.

[californiadreamin]

I wonder how much this “alert” cost…..and which Tory party donor is milking the taxpayer !!

[wwgwga]

I turned mine off, do not comply with the sheep 😂

[Mister_Superfly]

Yeah I just turned it off and went on my day, like everyone else should.

[stingersplash]

I got no alert so yeah....I guess I'm screwed 😅

[melgrant]

Didn't get anything. Can't say I'm disappointed.

[waynekieft]

Something sinister is about to happen!

[daviniarobbins]

If a nuclear attack was underway with hundreds of missiles heading our way I would rather be blissfully unaware of it and not know anything about it.

[gerryquinn]

Mine didn't go off because I'd switched off notifications as did millions of others.
What are our so-called government playing at with OUR MONEY?

[angelaharris]

Switched mine off, all of it.
There is no need for it in UK...no tsunamis, earthquakes, bombing etc

[MrScabtree]

Turned my alerts off ages ago so didn't get it

[sarahharper]

Nothing happened on my or my sons phones.

[jimmywilde]

A wild fire in the UK 😅 water seeping into the house the world's gone mad

[johndgowrie]

it doesn’t work with a VPN and now that I have looked into it and found out the true reason for it I will be turning off permanently.

[sheroarfmtv]

"the bottom of their bed's burning" GTFOH

[YorkshireBob]

Like fire alarm at school; they should have made us all go out in the cold without our coats on that would have been fun.

[haroldcicero]

I've turned my emergency alerts off.

[darren]

The funny thing is I got a text from my doctors a few days ago telling me how to block the alert message, but I did not their follow the instructions, and I never received the alert anyway. Even funnier is I am a bus driver and my ticket machine received the alert message, not surprising as they have GPS and SMS capability.

[davidlatham]

The US had had these alarms for years.

[karenburman]

I made sure 2months ago by turning everything of on my phone so i wouldn't have received it anyway 😂👍