Hey, what gives? I can't get on to the glorious pedia. It's not available. Is this local to UK, or even my immediate vicinity, or is there a "global" problem?

What error message are you getting?

Panic over. Looks a problem with the ISP, according to other users, and it's affecting loads of other sites. Guess this thread could be removed. It has to be said, Wikipedia is a reliable website - I mean in terms of availabilty "of course".