Air-raid siren sounds the warning. Air-raid sirens first sounded the warning in London in September 1939. They became an almost daily part of life in the capital a year later during the height of ...

A UK town has used their old World War Two siren to sound the Storm Bert alarm as Britain continues to be hit by the 'multi hazard weather alert’. Heavy rain and thawing snow are combining to ...

The sound of the 'warning' signal and the 'all clear' would become very familiar to people living in large cities in Britain. Air raid sirens were placed on the top of tall buildings - often ...