No email for thousands on Outlook and Hotmail

Thousands of email users were left unable to use their Microsoft Outlook accounts yesterday after a service outage. Users reported issues logging in to their Outlook and Hotmail email accounts, and the technology giant confirmed it was suffering from connection problems.

According to Downdetector.co.uk, the service monitoring site, the UK was among the worst affected areas.

“Intermittent connectivity is affecting customers in some European countries, which we are working to resolve as soon as possible,” a Microsoft spokesman said.