BT has gone down for thousands with customers leaving them without email access.

More than 4,600 customers have already logged complaints on the Downdetector website – a website which measures outages.

It appears the issue began earlier this morning, with many people taking to social media to express their frustration.

One X user wrote: “Oh, for heaven’s sake! What on EARTH is happening to @bt_uk’s #email service? It’s been down for some time … !”

Another person said:”@bt_uk email down . Any update would be very welcome ….!!!!!”

A second user asked BT to provide an update on the situation, tagging BT they said: “Hey! I know you guys are monitoring this .. can you please give us an update re. Email? Even if you’re just tell us trying to resolve a problem. So we KNOW there is a problem your end and it’s not out personal accounts.”