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UK Emergency Alert System
The United Kingdom's mobile phone alert system is a emergency population warning, public population warning system that uses Cell Broadcast technology. The warning system is intended for use in major incidents such as flooding or terror attacks. The Emergency Alert System was launched on 19 March 2023, and tested on a nationwide basis for the first time on 23 April 2023. On 23 February 2024, the system's first non-test alert was sent to residents of Plymouth advising them to evacuate an area of the city due to the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb in the back garden of a property. History During the Cold War, the UK developed an emergency alert system called the WB400/WB600/WB1400 warning system, operated by the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation, UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation, aimed to alert UK institutions and the public before a catastrophic wartime attack, such as a nuclear warhead detonation or severe bombing. The Wartime Broadcasting Se ...
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Emergency Population Warning
An emergency population warning, or public warning system is a method where by local, regional, or national authorities can contact or notify members of the public to warn them of an impending emergency. These warnings may be necessary for a number of reasons, including: * Weather emergencies such as Cyclone, cyclones, Flood, flooding, tornadoes, Avalanche, avalanches and severe weather. * Geological disasters such as earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis. * Industrial disasters such as the release of toxic gas or contamination of river water. * Radiological disasters such as a nuclear meltdown, nuclear plant disaster. * Medical emergencies such as an outbreak of a fast-moving infectious disease or pandemic. * Warfare such as Airstrike, air raids or acts of terrorism. * Other events, such as prison escapes, AMBER Alert, abducted children or emergency telephone number outages. They are often disseminated during urgent events such as Emergency evacuation, evacuati ...
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Wireless Emergency Alerts
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) and, prior to that, as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN), is an alerting network in the United States designed to disseminate emergency alerts to cell phones using Cell Broadcast technology, similar to the radio and television counterpart, the Emergency Alert System. Organizations are able to disseminate and coordinate emergency alerts and warning messages through WEA and other public systems by means of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. Background The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed and adopted the network structure, operational procedures and technical requirements in 2007 and 2008 in response to the ''Warning, Alert, and Response Network (WARN) Act'' passed by Congress in 2006, which allocated $106 million to fund the program. CMAS will allow federal agencies to accept and aggregate alerts from the President of the United States, the Natio ...
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Silent Mode
Silent mode is a setting available on mobile phones and pagers that, when activated, disables the ringtones and, in some cases, also the vibrating alerts or alarm. Unlike the airplane mode, the silent mode still allows the device to receive and send calls and messages. This quiet option may be useful in meetings, speeches, libraries, museums, or places of worship A place of worship is a specially designed structure or space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study. A building constructed or used for this purpose is so .... In some places it is mandatory to use the silent mode or to switch off the device. As mobile technology has evolved, so has the functionality of silent mode. Modern smartphones now allow users to customize silent mode with more granularity, such as enabling vibration alerts for specific contacts or allowing certain types of notifications (e.g., alarms or emergency alerts ...
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Which?
''Which?'' is a United Kingdom brand name that promotes informed consumer choice in the purchase of goods and services by testing products, highlighting inferior products or services, raising awareness of consumer rights, and offering independent advice. The brand name is used by the Consumers' Association, a registered charity and company limited by guarantee that owns several businesses, including Which? Limited, which publishes the ''Which?'' magazines, and the currently dormant Which? Financial Services Limited (''Which?'' Mortgage and Insurance Advisers operated until 2019) and Which? Legal Limited. The vast majority of the association's income comes from the profit it makes on its trading businesses, for instance subscriptions to ''Which?'' magazine, which are donated to the campaigning part of the organisation to fund advocacy activity and inform the public about consumer issues. ''Which?'' magazine maintains its independence by not accepting advertising, and the organ ...
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Deputy Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
The deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom is an honorific title given to a minister of the Crown and a member of the British Cabinet, normally to signify a very senior minister, the deputy leader of the governing party, or a key political ally of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minister. It does not entail any specific legal or constitutional responsibilities, though the holder will normally be assigned some duties by the prime minister and in recent times this has typically always included deputising for The Prime Minister in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, domestically and abroad. Appointment to the position is usually paired with appointment to a departmental secretary of state position. The title is not always in use and prime ministers have been known to appoint deputies with title First Secretary of State, first secretary of state or informal deputies without any honorific title. The current Deputy Prime Minister is A ...
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Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver James Dowden, (born 1 August 1978) is a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously held various ministerial positions under Prime Ministers Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak between 2018 and 2024. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertsmere since 2015. Dowden served in the Boris Johnson government as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from 2019 to 2020 and Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2020 to 2021. In the 2021 cabinet reshuffle, he was moved to the posts of Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party, serving alongside Ben Elliot, and Minister without Portfolio. He resigned from these roles in June 2022 after two by-election defeats. Following a stint on the backbenches, he was re-appointed to the Cabinet in October 2022 by Rishi Sunak as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was made Secret ...
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Society Of London Theatre
The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) is a British trade association for West End theatre in London. It was founded in 1908 as Society of West End Theatre Managers, becoming the Society of West End Theatre in 1975, and then changing to its current name in 1994. SOLT is a not-for-profit organisation which speaks on behalf of the theatre owners, producers, and managers of all the major commercial and grant-aided theatres in London. SOLT shares an office with UK Theatre, its sister organisation. As well as advocating for the interests of its members, SOLT promotes theatre through activities including the Laurence Olivier Awards, the TKTS ticket booth, Theatre Tokens, a fortnightly printed listings guide and website. The organisation also administers the audience development initiatives Kids Week and Official London Theatre's New Year Sale, and runs events including the 'behind-the-scenes' career fair, TheatreCraft, and West End LIVE, alongside Westminster City Council Westmi ...
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2023 World Snooker Championship
The 2023 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2023 Cazoo World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 15 April to 1 May 2023 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the 47th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship was staged at the venue. The qualifying rounds took place from 3 to 12 April 2023 at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. The 15th and final List of snooker ranking tournaments, ranking tournament of the 2022–23 snooker season, it was organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored for the first time by car retailer Cazoo. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC, in Europe by Eurosport, and elsewhere in the world by Matchroom Sport and other broadcasters. The total prize fund was £2,395,000, of which the winner received £500,000. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, having defeated Judd Trump 18–13 in the 2022 World S ...
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Crucible Theatre
The Crucible Theatre, or simply The Crucible, is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which opened in 1971. Its name refers to crucible steel, which was developed in Sheffield in 1740 and drove the industrialisation of the city. In addition to regular theatrical performances, the theatre also serves as a sports venue, having hosted the World Snooker Championship annually since 1977. The ''Guardian'' newspaper has called the Crucible the "spiritual home of snooker". The World Women's Snooker Championship and the World Seniors Championship have also been staged at the venue. In May 2022 plans were unveiled to build a new 3,000-seat venue nearby with a bridge connecting the two buildings. History The Crucible Theatre was built by M J Gleeson and opened in 1971. It replaced the Sheffield Repertory Theatre which was based in Townhead Street at the Sheffield Playhouse. In 1967 Colin George, the founding artistic director of the Crucible, recommended a thrust ...
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Aeroplane Mode
Airplane mode (also known as aeroplane mode, flight mode, offline mode, or standalone mode) is a setting available on smartphones and other portable devices. When activated, this mode suspends the device's radio-frequency (RF) signal transmission technologies (i.e., Bluetooth, telephony and Wi-Fi), effectively disabling all analog voice, and digital data services, when implemented correctly by the electronic device software author. The mode is so named because most airlines prohibit the use of equipment that transmit RF signals while in flight. The Federal Communications Commission banned using most cell phones and wireless devices in 1991 because of interference concerns, although there is no scientific evidence of such. Typically, it is not possible to make phone calls or send messages in airplane mode, but some smartphones allow calls to emergency services. Most devices allow continued use of email clients and other mobile apps to write text or email messages. Messages ...
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Refuge (United Kingdom Charity)
Refuge is a United Kingdom charity providing specialist support for women and children experiencing domestic violence. The organisation provides a national network of specialist services, including emergency refuge accommodation ( refuges), community outreach, independent domestic violence advocacy (IDVAs), culturally specific services and a team of child support workers. Refuge also runs the Freephone 24-Hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline. The National Domestic Abuse Helpline specialises in supporting women, but will support other genders including men, especially out of hours. The organisation was founded in 1971 by activist Erin Pizzey. It's safe house in Chiswick, West London was the first of its kind. Refuge remains the largest domestic violence organisation in the United Kingdom. On any given day, Refuge's services supports thousands of women and children. The charity says it is committed to working towards a world where women and children can live in safety, free fr ...
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