Gavin Grey: UK correspondent on the UK trialling emergency alerts in nationwide test - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

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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