Guardian site offline?

[Frank James]

I have been unable to connect to The Guardian website since early Sunday. Unlike the Daily Mail, which is officially blocked, wite the green imprimataur of the Powers that Be, the Guardian website just churns until the screen says unavailable, try later. Anybody else getting this, or is it just my local provider?

[chiang mai]

Ah ha, so, you're a closet Guardian reader!

It worked fine for me this morning, it must be you.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk

[northernjohn]

Works for me.

It says that the U S is being petitioned to let Haggis be imported again.

[brommers]

I have been using the Guardian app on my tablet for ages. But since they redesigned it two weeks ago it has been a disaster. No successful downloads since the change, only two or three out of a dozen sections ever update. I think the Guardian has a serious problem but all it can suggest is clearing the cache. Having done this repeatedly with no improvement I have deleted the app and no longer read the Guardian.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

[Frank James]

Ah ha, so, you're a closet Guardian reader!

It worked fine for me this morning, it must be you.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk

Not in the closet. I am a proud reader of the Guardian. I fear they are slowly falling into the trap of too much "celebrity" coverage, but it's still my favorite news site.

And THANK YOU, I hit your link and it now seems to be back. Crisis over.

[Rotweiler]

What makes you think the Daily Mail is "officially blocked"?

Nonsense.

http://www.dailymailnews.com/

[chiang mai]

What makes you think the Daily Mail is "officially blocked"?

Nonsense.

http://www.dailymailnews.com/

That's the International version, not the UK one.

[KhunBENQ]

What makes you think the Daily Mail is "officially blocked"?

Nonsense.

http://www.dailymailnews.com/

Your post is nonsense.

dailymailnews.com ist different from www.dailymail.co.uk which is and will be blocked in Thailand together with at least one other UK tabloid (forgot the name).

Multiple European tabloids are blocked for publishing images which are over the top lese majeste.

Guardian is fine.

[jonwilly]

Was on The Guardian website say 15 mins ago.

john

Always read the Left wing view.

[Frank James]

What makes you think the Daily Mail is "officially blocked"?

Nonsense.

http://www.dailymailnews.com/

Interesting. I was unaware of the existence of the international version that your link points to. I will bookmark it. All I know is the everyday UK tabloidal Daily Mail is blocked. I have clicked on it every day just to see if it has gotten back into the good graces of the "gatekeepers", and every time, this green screen comes up, with an official Thai seal and a bunch of Thai writing which I can't read.

Tonight I tried it again, trying to launch from Google Search, but it just churned away, as if it were trying but could not connect. My local provider is somewhat hit and miss, so I never really know. Not having the Daily Mail tabloid is no big loss to me, but I am drawn to banned material like a moth to a flame. Right now I have a big urge to eat a sandwich and read 1984 for the 4th time.

The site you link to is news to me, almost doesn't resemble the tabloid. Thanks for that. And I'm really glad to have the Guardian back.

[mikebell]

UK Daily Mail offended by publishing a video deemed to be anti-royalist & has been out for several weeks. Using a proxy restored it for me but unaccountably the Coffee Break page with Sudoku has gone. Have emailed DM & so far had merely an automated response. If any DM reader can post a link to Sudoku page I would be grateful. I'm getting my fix from BKK Post at the moment.

[Frank James]

The Daily Mail site posted by Rotweiler (see above) is a Pakistani news site, and apparently has no relation to the world famous UK tabloid. You can hit in the URL for the DM

http://203.113.26.210/ and you will see the green screen.