People are STILL receiving late emergency alerts as one woman says 2.30am shock woke her up

People have been sharing their confusion after receiving the Government’s emergency test alert in the middle of the night, with one woman saying her phone ‘scared the life out of her’ when it woke her up at 2.30am today (April 24).

Phones across the country rang out with a siren at around 3pm as part of a government trial of the new national alert system, which will be used to get in touch with residents in cases of life-threatening emergencies, such as floods or wildfires.

Whilst most phones went off at the correct time, or at least a minute before or after, some reported not receiving the alert altogether leading to confusion. Mobile provider Three said it was working with the Government to understand why many of its customers did not receive the message.

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But it is emerging today that others, who did get the message as planned, have also ended up getting a second alert this morning. Victoria Brimage, from Crosby in Liverpool, said the alert went off on her phone at 2.37am this morning (April 24).

“I nearly had a heart attack - I jumped out of my skin,” Victoria told the M.E.N on receiving the message. “I got the alert yesterday that everyone got and then again this morning. It was the same noise, same message. Honestly, I didn’t go back to sleep afterwards because it scared me.

“I got such a fright, I was in complete shock. I have no idea how it happened, I got myself in a state and tried to look online to see if it happened to anyone else but I couldn’t find anything.

“I started to think I was imagining it, but I’d taken a screenshot on my phone. To get that when you’re in a deep sleep and not expecting it, and then not be able to find any