Snow falls amid Met Office Boxing Day weather warnings!
Snow fell during the match between West
Bromwich Albion and Manchester City at the
Hawthorns.
Snow and sleet have been falling in parts of
the UK as forecasters warn the weather
could cause disruption.
Flights into Liverpool Airport are being
diverted to Manchester Airport while snow is
cleared off the runway.
An "area of rain, sleet and snow" is moving
east across Northern Ireland, Wales, central
and northern England and Scotland,
forecasters said.
Heavy rain is falling in some parts, causing
standing water and spray on the roads.
Forecasters warned of "treacherous" driving
conditions.
XBox and Playstation tackle cyber attacks.
Microsoft and Sony have been working to restore internet platforms for their Xbox and PlayStation gamers' consoles.
Attacks disabled the online services on Christmas Day, making it difficult for users to log on.
A message on the Xbox status page on Friday said that live core services were "up and running". Meanwhile, PlayStation said its engineers were continuing to work on "network issues".
A hacking group called Lizard Squad claimed to have caused the problems.
The name is the same used by a group of hackers that has targeted Sony in the past.
There are 48 million subscribers to Microsoft's system for the Xbox and more than double that for the PlayStation system, which has some 110 million.
Earlier this month Sony was hit by a hacking attack that stole huge amounts of data from its servers.
A connection between Sony movie The Interview, about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, and the service disruptions has not been confirmed.
The disruption did mean that many families were unable to enjoy their new Christmas presents.
Ros Bruce, from Essex, said her 10-year-old son got an Xbox One for Christmas, had spent most of the day in tears, and called for Xbox to provide compensation.
Ian Hornby, from Lancashire, spent a frustrating time trying to connect a new PlayStation to the Sony network, and said he hoped that the electronics giant would now invest in better protection for its systems.
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