Microsoft Outlook going down for an extended period has affected services in the UK. At least 74 countries are affected…
It has been down for at least 14 hours – Microsoft executive Charles Lamanna says this is not a cyber-security incident. OpenAI and Anthropic reported problems with their tools as well. Defence Minister Luke Pollard told BBC Breakfast: “It’s deeply frustrating when your tech doesn’t work… we do need to make sure that these systems are more resilient and where there are problems, that they can recover faster… I imagine that is the conversation that many of my government cyber colleagues are having with Microsoft at this moment.”
Intelligence services are unaffected but police say their online forms are hit at the Met, Greater Manchester, North Yorkshire, South Wales and Dyfed-Powys. The Met adds: “If your report is time-critical but not an emergency, please call 101.” Manchester airport is the only one disrupted so far…
Mail commentator Dan Hodges – who was kind to Burnham during the Makerfield campaign – now concludes: “The truth is Andy Burnham doesn’t have a 10 year plan. He’s barely got a 10 week plan.“