PEOPLE across the UK have been unable to access the internet today due to problems with Sky Broadband.

It appeared outages were reported yesterday evening, Wednesday, and they still appeared to be down this afternoon - affecting customers in Warrington.

Sky confirmed yesterday evening that customers may not be able to get online or make and receive calls.

However the problem this afternoon seemed to be with internet connection.

Independent website DownDetector, which tracks reports from customers across social media to monitor web services, reported a huge outage this afternoon.

At its peak, nearly 2,000 customers have reported problems and reports of internet outages in the north west are continued to rise.

However, Sky have confirmed the problem is solved this evening.

A Sky spokesperson said: "The majority of Sky customers impacted by the intermittent issues with Broadband and Talk should now have their service restored.

"We're sorry for the inconvenience this has caused."