Sky broadband internet has gone down across the UK, thousands of customers have reported.

According to DownDetector, an online service which offers information about outages in real-time, the broadband network is down in towns and cities across the UK - with large parts of Devon and Cornwall particularly affected.

Both St Austell in Cornwall and Plymouth in Devon also appear on the service's list of the most-reported locations for Sky broadband problems.

Plus, on the live map Penzance, Camborne, St Austell and Plymouth are all coloured red, to show significant internet issues, while Hayle, Helston, Padstow and Exeter are coloured yellow, indicating some internet issues.

And there has been a spike in reports of broadband issues this evening.

At 5:05pm today (Sunday), there were 1360 reports of Sky broadband issues.

The news comes after Sky customers in Cornwall had issues getting online and making and receiving calls on Friday, April 3.

Those issues had been resolved, but it appears Sky's broadband service has gone down again.

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