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What...Is this normal?
Not normal for the UK afaik. Pretty common in other countries in Europe and also the US at a state level. Perhaps the UK is playing catch up on civil contingency planning.
Some European countries test their civil defence sirens every week and mobile and landline alerts twice yearly.
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What...Is this normal?
https://www.gov.uk/alerts/planned-tests
Tuesday 22 June 2021
Across the UK
Some mobile phone networks in the UK are testing emergency alerts between 1pm and 2pm.
If you have an Android device, there’s a small chance you may get a test alert. Your device may make a loud siren-like sound.
The alert will say:
This is a mobile network operator test of the Emergency Alerts service. You do not need to take any action. To find out more, search for gov.uk/alerts