Linux server WWW-27 found itself under very heavy load this morning. We rebooted the server to resolve the issue. All services were back to normal by 07:30 GMT. We apologise for the inconvenience.
Original report
Some websites were showing database connection errors. We are rebooting and investigating.
Update 07:19 GMT
All websites are back online. There is still residual slowness while the server catches up with the email queue. Things should be back to normal soon.
Update 07:42 GMT
All services are back to normal. The mail queue is now up to date ,except for message that have remote delivery problems.