DFEOJM says the site is up if it is physically contactable -- in this case the site is contactable, and it responds with "this site is down" (but as HTTP/200 because the page still has some content rather than being an server error)
Just seems to be the BBC homepage. The rest of the site seems to be working just fine: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ for example is working - watching the BBC News Channel right now.
The site has been updated to say they are having issues:
Due to technical problems, we are displaying a simplified version of the BBC Homepage. We are working to restore normal service.
Visit BBC News or you can try the other links below.
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(and it's down for me, here in Yorkshire)
Due to technical problems, we are displaying a simplified version of the BBC Homepage. We are working to restore normal service. Visit BBC News or you can try the other links below.