as a punishment for bullying. good evening. millions of people across the uk have been unable to access the internet all day from their smartphones, after the 02 network was hit by technical problems this morning. many have also been unable to make or receive calls. 02 has 25 million customers. it also provides services for other networks including sky and tesco. a software issue has been blamed for the problems. 02 has apologised and says its engineers are working extremely hard to restore services. our technology correspondent, rory cellan jones, reports on how it s affected customers. i run a plumbing and heating company out of tunbridge wells. it s just been impossible to get through to any of my customers. i am an insulin dependent diabetic, i am in a wheelchair and i can t contact anyone if i have a fall or if i need anything. so it s been quite difficult. i have had bids today on ebay this morning. i couldn t do those bids because the 02 network was down. it s been all
the fact she hasn t had a good night sleep. but, susie goodall s very experienced, and she s tough. this chinese cargo ship is the closest vessel to susie. it s been diverted hundreds of miles through challenging seas to rescue her. on social media, she said all she wants is a nice cup of tea. john kay, bbc news. the lead singer of the punk rock band the buzzcocks, pete shelley, has died suddenly today at the age of 63. # falling in love with someone and i m falling in love with someone # falling in love with someone you shouldn t have fallen in love with. # it s thought he suffered a heart attack in estonia, where he was living. the band who formed in the 1970s are best known for their hit ever fallen in love. the hit bbc comedy music show, never mind the buzzcocks was also named after them. pete shelley, whose death at the age of 63 was announced tonight. that s it from us. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. britain s
a bit miserable today. some rain already around, some strong wind in the next 2a hours, but if you were lucky enough to see the sunrise this morning, the sky looked a bit purple, and i will be trying to explain why. also coming up they d only just begun. karen carpenter was just 32 when she died. now the music she and her brother richard made famous has a new sound. we ll talk to richard, who s returned to london s abbey road studios to re record some of the songs that brought the carpenters global fame. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. we begin afternoon live with breaking news and investigators havejust said that the helicopter involved in a crash at the home ground of leicester city in october lost control after a mechanism linking the pilot s pedals with the tail rotor blades became disconnected. the club s owner was among those killed, along with two members of his staff, the pilot and co pilot. we have just received a copy of the report. this is one diagram th
in tuesday s crunch vote if the northern ireland backstop issue isn t resolved. if that question can be answered in next two days, then all is well and good. and a promising day for british television as the golden globe nominations are announced. millions of smartphone users in the uk have been unable to use their data services today after the 02 network suffered technical problems. the issue was reported just after five o clock this morning, and is having knock on effects for other services that use it including transport for london s electronic timetable service at bus stops. 02 is blaming the outage on a supplier which makes mobile equipment. when its customers did manage to access the internet, many took to social media to vent their frustration. jonathan ansell, from the band, g4, says waking up ellie joyce says: but some took a more light hearted view of the outage, including the british transport police in lancashire, which tweeted: 02, which has 25 million custo