Websites and phone systems down for Lincolnshire and Rutland schools and public services

Websites and phone systems for schools and other public services have gone down.

The issue has been affecting councils, schools and libraries across Lincolnshire, Rutland and Leicestershire, with the reason unknown.

A statement issued by South Kesteven District Council said: "Please note that our corporate website is currently unavailable due to a server issue, which is also affecting our phones.

"Please bear with us as we expect to be back to normal shortly."

South East Lincolnshire Partnership also issued a statement, which said: “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.”

Due to the issue council meetings are not being streamed online.