Thursday, 3 October 2013
Danny Dyer to take over Queen Vic
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Evans to give lottery 'more heart'
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Savile and 7/7 films up for award
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Rock band Lostprophets splitting up
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Anastacia has double mastectomy
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Crace makes Goldsmiths shortlist
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Robinson to star in Willows show
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Jolie to direct film in Australia
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Tories may cut under-25s' benefits
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New York opera company appeal fails
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VIDEO: Why Tesco struggled to crack China
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Crace makes Goldsmiths shortlist
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$1m thrown out of Bolivian plane
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Museums 'ditch staff for volunteers'
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'Uninsured' £400K Lamborghini seized
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Les Miserables tops soundtrack list
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Emergency text alert tests begin
Three different test messages will be sent to O2 customers in a small area of the city from 14:00 on Thursday.
The messages will make it clear they are part of a trial. Those who receive them do not need to take any action but are encouraged to complete an online survey or take part in focus groups.
The trial is being run by the mobile operator and Glasgow City Council.
The exercise, along with others in Yorkshire and Suffolk, is part of wider UK tests being conducted by the Cabinet Office.
'Accurate information'They are intended to examine how various alerting technologies work and the public's reaction to them.
Annemarie O'Donnell, executive director of corporate services at Glasgow City Council, said: "The council has a legal duty to have systems in place to allow us to communicate with people in the city in the event of an emergency.
"We already have many different methods of communication, including the council's Twitter feed, which has more than 35,000 followers.
"However, being able to send messages directly to mobile phones in a specific geographic area would be an added bonus and would allow us to communicate with large numbers of people, including those who may only be passing through the city."
Ms O'Donnell said that being able to send "timely, accurate information in the event of an emergency" would help councils and the emergency services deal with major incidents.
Billy Darcy, public sector managing director at O2, said: "We believe mobile technology can play a vital and effective role in the simultaneous mass communication of emergency messages to the public, should the need ever arise.
"We look forward to assessing the results of the trial, once it is completed, and agreeing the next steps with the government."
People receiving test text messages can email the cabinet office to take part in focus groups or take part in an online survey.
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Doctor Who 50th to screen worldwide
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FBI arrests Silk Road site suspect
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Golden Dawn leader remanded by court
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Wednesday, 2 October 2013
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VIDEO: Banksy art 'vandalised' in New York
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GP services 'face cuts catastrophe'
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Spy novelist Tom Clancy dies aged 66
Clancy wrote a string of best-selling spy and military thrillers. His 17th novel, Command Authority, is due out in December.
Several of his books featuring CIA analyst Jack Ryan have been adapted into successful Hollywood films.
The former insurance broker died in a Baltimore hospital near his Maryland home, according to reports.
Clancy, who died on Tuesday, was remembered as "a master of his craft" by Tom Weldon, chief executive of Penguin Random House UK.
"Tom Clancy changed readers' expectations of what a thriller could do," he said. "He will be greatly missed by millions of fans in the UK and around the world."
'Real gentleman'Written in his spare time, The Hunt for Red October (1984) was Clancy's first published novel and sold more than five million copies.
President Ronald Reagan helped to fuel the success of the book when he called it a "perfect yarn".
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Obama warns of US default danger
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