LIVE: Sky News, Ryanair, trains, banks and supermarkets hit by global IT outage amid Microsoft Windows issues

A Microsoft Windows issue has left banks, airlines, telecommunications firms, TV and radio broadcasters and supermarkets experiencing outages following the appearance of blue screen of death error screens worldwide.

Passengers at Manchester Airport have reported issues. As it stands, 'the advice to passengers is to prepare to travel as usual', the airport has said.

Check-in areas are busier than usual and it may take slightly longer but the airport is not asking people to arrive at their airport earlier than advised by their airlines, the Manchester Evening News has been told.

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Users on the subreddit for cybersecurity company Crowdstrike earlier reported issues in India, the United States and New Zealand. Sky News in the UK was off air on Friday morning, with sports presenter Jacquie Beltrao posting on X: "We're obviously not on air we're trying."

By around 9am, news anchors were intermittently seen giving updates, before the screen went blank and a message appeared on screen. This happened a number of times.

The message read: "We apologise for the interruption to this broadcast. We hope to restore the transmission of Sky News shortly."

Earlier, Melbourne airport alerted customers that it was 'experiencing a global technology issue which is impacting check-in procedures for some airlines', advising passengers to 'allow a little extra time to check-in'.

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Other surgeries have also reported issues with EMIS Web this morning, including Solihull Healthcare Partnership in the West Midlands, which said it would update patients as soon as possible.

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