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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

UK weather: flood alerts in northern England as rain hits sports events

Spectators shelter from the rain in a stand overlooking the 18th green on the final day of the 151st British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool golf course in Hoylake, north-west England
Spectators shelter from the rain in a stand overlooking the 18th green on the final day of the 151st British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool golf course in Hoylake, north-west England. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

Flood alerts have been issued across the north of England where heavy rain disrupted sporting events and left festivalgoers drenched.

It has been a soggy final day of the Open Championship golf tournament in Hoylake and downpours have blighted the fourth Ashes cricket Test in Manchester on Sunday.

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