People living in a North Yorkshire village have claimed they are struggling to live, work and run their businesses due to the weather affecting Wifi connectivity.

Residents of Westow, between York and Malton, also said there has never been dependable phone signal in the village so they have to rely on the Wifi to make calls.

James Carter, who works from home, said: “Whenever it rains we get drops in service, the Wifi just disappears and completely cuts out and anything we were using will just cut off.”

Openreach, which provides broadband to the area, apologised for ‘connectivity issues’ and said engineers were “working hard to identify the cause”.