Websites and phone systems for Lincolnshire public services including South Holland District Council have gone down this morning

Several public service websites and phone systems in our area have gone down this morning.

This is reportedly due to a large outage affecting businesses right across Lincolnshire and Leicestershire - with the reason for this not yet known.

The issue is also reported to be affecting councils, schools and libraries.

Councils say that the issue should hopefully be resolved soon.

Authorities in the South East Lincolnshire Partnership - which includes South Holland District Council - have tweeted: “The council’s internet and site link service providers have advised that there is a large outage impacting a number of organisations in Lincolnshire and Leicestershire.

“During this time, there may be service disruption issues for residents and businesses using our website.

“Our suppliers are working to resolve the outage as quickly as possible and we will update once it has been resolved. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

The news comes as Spalding town centre is affected by a second day with no mobile phone service for many users.

South Kesteven District Council has also asked that customers bear with them while the problem is resolved.