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ByAleks Phillips and Alex BoydUpdated 1 hour ago

GPs, police and pharmacies are among UK services affected by a global outage on some Microsoft platforms.

NHS England said patients should still attend appointments unless told otherwise, while several large police forces are urging members of the public to call if they want to make a report. MPs have also been affected.

Microsoft has said the problem was caused by a higher-than-usual stress on its servers but that systems were now showing "early signs of stabilisation" as work continued on a fix.