![]() Officials in Bristol and Newcastle also confirmed the cities had no civil defence systems in place.Ī spokesman for Bristol City Council said: “The UK Government has led on work with the mobile industry to develop a number of early warning systems using mobile technology. This would include working closely with the Government and keeping the public fully informed about any emergencies.” “All of Cardiff’s civil defence systems were let go in the late 1980s, at the end of the Cold War.”Įven the nation’s capital no longer has air raid sirens.Ī spokeswoman for London Mayor Sadiq Khan, said: “London has a resilient and well-established system in place to ensure key agencies work closely and effectively together to keep us all safe. “No city in the UK has any such systems,” a spokesman for Cardiff City Council said. However unlikely such an attack is, it’s a great deal more likely than it was a few weeks ago.”Ĭity leaders across the UK confirmed that the air raid sirens similar to those heard on a daily basis across Ukraine were no longer in operation in the UK. So, how do we know he’s not mad enough to attack the UK, places like London, our naval bases and our nuclear power stations. ![]() “No one thought Putin would invade Ukraine, a democratic nation. But we do need to prepare for a worst-case scenario. It won’t because it’s concerned it will cause concern and lead to panic buying. “The military and emergency services have all been calling on the government to update the Protect and Serve booklet for example. “The Government is concerned it will cause panic if it makes any preparations for an attack from Russia, but the danger is we won’t be prepared if it happens. “We are not thinking the unthinkable, but that’s exactly what we need to be doing,” said the source. One civil defence source said the Government had no system in place to either advise or protect the public in the unlikely event that the nation suffers a nuclear attack. The Protect and Survive booklet, which was first produced at the height of the Cold War in 1974 and last updated in 1980, remains the most recent advice to people should a nuclear strike hit the UK. The system, which would also be used by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to issue flood warnings, is understood to have been postponed for “many months at least” according to the CCS source. You may get an alert if you live in, or travel through, a test area.”Ī source within the Cabinet Office’s Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) said the delay in launching the alert system was due to rows over which Government department would pay for it. The Government web page for the alert system states: “The government and mobile phone networks are testing emergency alerts. However, it will not work if the device is turned off and those without a smart enabled mobile will not receive the alert at all. ![]() As well as reading out the warning, the alert will sound a loud siren on a phone or tablet for around ten seconds even if the device is set to silent. Once operational the alerts, which are based on the same technology used in the Covid app, will warn of a danger to life nearby. The Government website currently says the service is “expected to launch in early 2022” but it remains in the testing phase. ![]() Despite such a concern over Putin’s potential to use nuclear weapons among senior ministers, the Cabinet Office refused to comment on when the new emergency alert system would be operational.
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