Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. Nuclear attack warning. We'd like to make absolutely clear that it's a #fake and does not come from the BBC. Speakingat the Financial Times's Energy Transition Summit earlier this week, Pettigrew warned that Britain's gas-fired power stations, which generate a large portion of the nation's power, are facing a considerable scarcity of fuel. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. About 85% of people have a smartphone capable of receiving the messages, it is estimated. Read about our approach to external linking. Read about our approach to external linking. Broadcasting House in London. The Cabinet Office says the technology will alert up to 85% of the population. It is understood they were written by BBC journalists as part of routine emergency planning to deal with hypothetical scenarios. Ms Mordaunt said the government was working with the devolved administrations to ensure all emergency services have access to the system, as well as consulting the charity sector to make sure "the needs of the elderly, vulnerable, young people and those with disabilities are fully considered as the new service is delivered". In addition, many people have testified to being frightened by the test patterns and attention signal as children, and even more so by actual emergencies. [8] It is estimated that only 20% of the stations that received the activation followed the procedures completely. 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The President of the United States or his designated representative will appear shortly over the Emergency Broadcast System.". Articles critical of powerful African oil lobbyists are being targeted by false copyright claims. They were from the BBC & Sky and related to the death of a "Mrs Roberts", it turned out to be a "rehearsal" for the death of the Queen Mother. Hard Cell (April) Comedian-actor-writer Catherine. Meanwhile, energy regulator Ofgem has said households should reduce their gas and electricity usage this winter to help cut costs and reduce pressure on the network. The clip then claims that the queen has been evacuated from Buckingham Palace and that thermonuclear bombs of undetermined strength have exploded at NATO regional military headquarters in Brussels. Stations had the option of either reading the test script live, or using recorded versions. National Grid has warned in a worst case scenario that three-hour blackouts a day could be planned this winter if Russia cuts off all gas supply to Europe. It adds: Officials are saying there is no current risk to food supply and distribution. Nursing Special. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. A Russian column of troops and tanks was captured via satellite - extending for more than 3.25 miles; The US will send almost $54 million (40 million) in humanitarian aid to Ukraine to assist . The. The scripts have been written by BBC journalists as part of routine planning during hypothetical situations. Following the attention signal, another announcement was then transmitted. BBC further stated that the video originated from YouTube and confirmed the original video had a fictional dramatization disclaimer regarding the content. The video is a fictional dramatization from 2016. The scripts are said to have been produced as part of the BBC's role in broadcasting vital health and safety communications to the public on behalf of the government in the event of national emergencies. In this instance, if thermonuclear war was breaking out in much of the world and the BBC had reported on it, it is likely the news would be mentioned on the website and would be corroborated by other news organisations. [4] The clip is fake and was debunked by the outlet when it first circulated online in 2018. The system works by sending a message and a distinctive warning tone to mobiles directly via cell towers, rather than accessing a list of mobile numbers. The list used to include the Queen, various members of the Royal Family and the Prime Minister. the government website at www.gov.uk/alerts, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, Dozens of girls treated after new Iran poisonings, Havana Syndrome unlikely to have hostile cause - US, How fake copyright complaints are muzzling journalists. A Tennessee woman says that whiskey fungus from a warehouse is wreaking havoc on her property. WHEN radio in Syracuse, New York and WGR radio in Buffalo, New York both had a sung version of the most common script. "They maybe don't even have mobile phones. One user shared the video on Facebook on Jan. 20, 2022, with a caption that reads: Breaking News British National Emergency 20/01/22 Imminent Nuclear Attack Watch video below (here). First, normal programming was suspended, though tests were typically conducted during commercial breaks for continuity reasons. Warnings will be sent directly to people's phones in the event a risk to life, such as flooding or fire. During the pandemic, text alerts were sent to remind people to stay at home. In Moorland, a system of powerful pumps has since been installed to return water back to the river when it floods, and dredging of waterways was stepped up. "Now the fighters are already working in the city, almost in the central district, they have approached it," Yan Gagin told Russian state broadcaster Russia 1 on Tuesday. [12], Seven years later in 1978, Phoenix-area radio station, KRFM (now KYOT) mistakenly activated the EBS white card script for a few seconds interrupting the station's identification. But on WhatsApp, where the video has been passed on without that clarification, some users were fooled. The first part of the two-part documentary titled 'India: The Modi Question' was not officially aired by its producer, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in India, but remains to be circulated through backchannels despite the MIB's attempt to prevent its dissemination. David Averre For Mailonline, Millions of Britons are facing 'cliff-edge' as experts warn that average energy bills could soar to 5,000 from April after Jeremy Hunt scaled back support while laying waste to Liz Truss's disastrous mini-Budget, Boost for UK energy supplies as North Sea oil producer Ithaca prepares to rejoin the London Stock Exchange. Also, QEQM died on a Saturday evening from what I remember.Think that was what caught most stations out, not having a full news team, if any, in the news rooms. The system does not use people's phone numbers, instead sending alerts to anyone in a specific area. "On the original YouTube posting it says very clearly that it's fictional. Wed like to make absolutely clear that its a #fake and does not come from the BBC. "The government needs to invest in maintenance rather than in text messages - the Environment Agency already do a text messaging system to warn of floods," he said. A nationwide activation of the EBS was called an Emergency Action Notification (EAN), and was the only activation that stations were not allowed to ignore; the Federal Communications Commission made local civil emergencies, weather advisories optional (except for stations that agreed to be the "primary" source of such messages). The first trial will be in East Suffolk on 25 May, when residents will receive a test alert. One scenario used in some of the scripts assumes that mains electricity is available in only a few lightly populated parts of Scotland the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland, and some parts of the Highlands. Bola Tinubu, 70, is declared the winner of Nigeria's election despite opposition calls for a rerun. Until the system was suspended, radio and television stations were required to perform a Weekly Transmission Test Of The Attention Signal and Test Script at random days and times between 8:30a.m. and local sunset. "The video appears to have come from YouTube, where there is a disclaimer about it being a fictional dramatisation," a BBC spokesperson wrote. Read about our approach to external linking. Its hard to think of an emergency in London small enough not to make the national news:D. Let's hope that the ILR stations are better prepared than they were the last time, when the Queen Mother died - the first some stations knew what had happened was when they fired their usual news jingles at 6pm that evening only to be met with the special IRN bulletin announcing the QM's death. The video goes on to purportedly show a live scene of Russian forces firing at NATO, before a female voice reports that the Queen and Royal Family members supposedly evacuated Buckingham Palace due to the severity of the situation. In addition to the weekly test, test activations of the entire system were conducted periodically for many years. The BBC raid came as little surprise to Sekhri. Known threat: Nuclear air attack. Markings channel has since been deleted. [10], This false alarm was sufficiently disruptive to move the FCC to temporarily suspend the use and testing of Emergency Action Notifications (EANs) by codeword effective February 25, 1971. sombre music lasted several days. The State of Emergency will start in the USA and then reach out across the world. Beginning in 1976, the old CONELRAD signaling method (the "EBS Stress Test") was scrapped in favor of the following procedure:[16]. It would have to be Peter Donaldson reading the four minute warning - if we're going down at least we should be British about it and go down with a large scotch and a stiff upper lip!:D. Broadcast Intelligence is the only place to get up to date information on the current content needs of 500+ global buyers, a real-time database of greenlit programmes plus networking. Emma Bunton's 'What Took You So Long' perhaps not the best song to come out of the news with. "Although the details are uncertain, early reports indicate that a Russian surveillance aircraft was fired upon by naval vessels of Nato forces," the presenter says. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. Alex Murdaugh's wife and son were found dead near dog kennels on the family's 1,700-acre property. "British National Emergency 20/01/22," reads the video's caption in part. 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