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A Microsoft outage is disrupting email and online services across north-west England, with police, schools and NHS organisations reporting workarounds. For time-critical non-emergency reports, several police forces are advising people to call 101.
Why it mattersThe BBC, citing Reuters, says Manchester Airport’s operational systems are unaffected, although some corporate and minor technical processes are disrupted. The airport is using an established workaround for domestic passenger processing. The Northern Care Alliance says its email is affected, while Pennine Care says patients should continue attending appointments as planned. The outage is a useful reminder that when cloud services wobble, the backup route matters.
Discuss: Is it reasonable to expect public services to publish clear offline contact plans before an outage, rather than improvising them during one?
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