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Businesses and institutions around the world hit by major IT outage.
Thousands of GP practices struggling to book appointments and issue prescriptions.
Problem is thought to be connected to an update from the US cyber security company CrowdStrike which is causing issues on Windows computers.
Microsoft said it was aware of the issue and that a resolution was “forthcoming”.
Liberal Democrats call for Government to hold 'urgent' COBRA meeting in response to outage.
Surgeries across the country unable to access patient records or book appointments.
Around 60 per cent of GP surgeries could be affected by the outage.
Gatwick Airport has said it is using manual systems for check-in and boarding.
Sky News returned to broadcasting live television briefly before being knocked off-air again.
The broadcaster earlier apologised to viewers for disruption caused by the tech outage.
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