The web site, anyway:

Asking ns1.bbc.co.uk (132.185.132.21) for bbc.co.uk (type NS)
Response is:
25.0% 132.185.240.21 (ns1.thls.bbc.co.uk) with query timed out
25.0% 212.58.227.48 (ns1.rbsov.bbc.co.uk) with query timed out
25.0% 132.185.132.21 (ns1.bbc.co.uk) with query timed out
25.0% 212.58.224.21 (ns1.thdo.bbc.co.uk) with query timed out

Oops. It’s not just DNS either. They’ve totally disappeared off the internet:

cr1.th<show ip route 132.185.240.21
% Subnet not in table
cr1.th<show ip route 212.58.227.48
% Network not in table
cr1.th<show ip route 132.185.132.21
% Subnet not in table
cr1.th<show ip route 212.58.224.21
% Network not in table
cr1.th<


No news as to why, other than it’s a “major outage”. No, really?