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Virgin Media Outage Report in Whitley Bay, Borough of North Tyneside, England

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Virgin Media offers mobile phone, television, broadband internet and phone service over the cable network. Virgin Media is part of NTL:Telewest. Virgin's mobile service is available under the Virgin Mobile brand, which operates as a mobile virtual network operator using the T-Mobile and Orange networks.

Problems in the last 24 hours in Whitley Bay, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Whitley Bay and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Virgin Media Outage Chart in Whitley Bay, Borough of North Tyneside, England 03/05/2026 02:40

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.

  1. Internet (56%)

    Internet (56%)

  2. Wi-fi (21%)

    Wi-fi (21%)

  3. Total Blackout (10%)

    Total Blackout (10%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  6. Phone (2%)

    Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Whitley Bay, Borough of North Tyneside, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Hebburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Sunderland, Gateshead, Jarrow, Borough of North Tyneside and North Shields.

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomHebburn Wi-fi
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomSouth Shields Wi-fi
United KingdomNewcastle upon Tyne Internet
United KingdomSunderland Internet

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Whitley Bay, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Whitley Bay and nearby locations:

  • justraffers helen rafferty 🌹 (@justraffers) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    Dear @virginmedia still here with a phone that won't work. Still unable to contact u as I CANNOT MAKE CALLS as THE SIM DOESN'T WORK still can't log in online as it sending the code TO A SIM THAT WON'T WORK #worstcustomerservice #virginmobilearerubbish

  • grahamtebbutt grahamtebbutt (@grahamtebbutt) reported from Gateshead, England

    @ComradeMorden @virginmedia I’ll join you Simon in this nightmare of trying to get a connection, I’ve only just realised it isn’t just us that have a problem in NE9. It seems very intermittent

  • allymcgeorge A. D. G. McGeorge (@allymcgeorge) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia hi... So haven't been able to get through on phone for MONTHS. your website self serve is permanently down, and now your Twitter and text aren't replying. How do we undo the last 3 months and get me where I should be?

  • paddyrat Paddy R (@paddyrat) reported from Blaydon-on-Tyne, England

    Today’s world-beating abysmal customer service is provided by... @virginmedia for the second time this week! 👏🏼👏🏼

  • AdamOnCaffeine Chilli Vanilli (@AdamOnCaffeine) reported from South Shields, England

    Can anyone at @virginmedia virgin media tell me why the internet drops out every time it rains? The technicians only want to diagnose a fault on the line to the house and they never seem to be out when it's also raining. It's very frustrating.

  • GraemeHopper Graeme Hopper (@GraemeHopper) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia Come on Virgin, give us some feedback. What's the issue with the WiFi in the NE10 8WH area. Mine seems to have gone off completely now. Loads of people in the area complaining of same issues all across social media.

  • john_barrass John Barrass (@john_barrass) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia do you have the link for checking broadband issues in my area plz. Internet is down again has been down for 4 hours.

  • hellsbells610 Hells Bells 🐶 (@hellsbells610) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia is there an issue with broadband in the Gateshead area? Mine has been off for over hour and the green light is flashing on he broadband box.

  • RockcliffeFiles Rockcliffe Files (@RockcliffeFiles) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    Anyone in North Tyneside struggling with @virginmedia?? Or is it just me? Keep losing signal and the TiVo box keeps rebooting. Had to abandon the National League final and now Gillian Anderson getting fruit in Room 203 of the Hilton Hotel Belstaff ...

  • RockcliffeFiles Rockcliffe Files (@RockcliffeFiles) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @DonBaldini @virginmedia Not good enough VM, I’m paying you nearly £1000 a year for absolutely terrible service. Other providers exist ...!

  • allymcgeorge A. D. G. McGeorge (@allymcgeorge) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @virginmedia hi been on hold to change package too long, online switch hasn't been working for weeks, online chat doesn't work. It's almost like you are putting deliberate barriers up

  • AndyG1508 Andy Gardner (@AndyG1508) reported from South Shields, England

    @virginmedia Are you having problems I have no internet or tv at the moment?

  • AlexTheNCSer Alexandra is social distancing!! 💘 (@AlexTheNCSer) reported from Ponteland, England

    @virginmedia how can I contact customer support please? I tried to go through the website but my phone manufacturer isn't listed there :)

  • RockcliffeFiles Rockcliffe Files (@RockcliffeFiles) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @kerouac151 @virginmedia Posh down there mind

  • bigpapablu Rich Oliver (@bigpapablu) reported from Whitley Bay, England

    @garyrbarton @virginmedia Rule of thumb: hang up

  • VictoriaBarry82 Vicki barry (@VictoriaBarry82) reported from Sunderland, England

    @virginmedia is there an issue with connection in Sunderland, we’ve had nothing but problems for the last 24 hours!!

  • GraemeHopper Graeme Hopper (@GraemeHopper) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia I have been on website and would like to report a fault in the street with our broadband. A number of residents have the same problem. Can you assist. Dunkeld Cl. Wardley, Gateshead, NE10 8WH

  • justraffers helen rafferty 🌹 (@justraffers) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia My new sim that uv sent won't work 'network locked' can't log in account online as it's sending me a verification code to the number which now won't work. And ur shops are still shut. Please advise. As currently I have no phone access.

  • kirsty_ferry Kirsty Ferry (@kirsty_ferry) reported from Blaydon-on-Tyne, England

    @virginmedia hi how do i book an engineer via the app? Service status on broadband and equipment all check out. No connection to devices. Impossible to speak to someone on phone with almost an hour on hold. Can't see how to book appt online yet apparently it's possible? Thanks.

  • chefstevennorm1 chefstevennorman (@chefstevennorm1) reported from Gateshead, England

    @virginmedia your wifi is down again

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • BrendanT247 Brendan (@BrendanT247) reported

    @virginmedia @ellisismyname Fix ma twitter videos want to see the English doing stupid stuff

  • CelticDylan9 Davie O'Brien (@CelticDylan9) reported

    @virginmedia Have already answered this to say that the parental control has been checked and isnt an issue.

  • S7CNL tis me (@S7CNL) reported

    @virginmedia Ah ok. I didn’t know because if there is any issues we have to contact virgin and not premier inn.

  • CelticDylan9 Davie O'Brien (@CelticDylan9) reported

    @DavosLan I’ve been getting,”content not available” since yesterday for videos. Am with @virginmedia They say the issue lies with twitter. Have seen a good few people complaining. I’ve tweeted @TwitterSupport

  • chrisdocstrange Chris Doc Strange Comedy Hypnotist #FB #FBPE #FBPR (@chrisdocstrange) reported

    Virgin Media belongs to NTL Telewest. Richard Branson sold it in 2006 for £900m Going into space has nothing to do with your WiFi signal FFS.

  • zimzlzabim ًhasna (@zimzlzabim) reported

    @virginmedia i cant access the account coz it's handled by my dad... please just fix the twitter video thing

  • themightyrb rb (@themightyrb) reported

    @virginmedia sort this content is not available issue, it’s been going on for days now

  • Eyfs20 MerielM (@Eyfs20) reported

    @virginmedia I can’t see videos or gifs unless I switch to 4G. I’ve had this problem for 24hrs now, what are you doing to fix it? Everything else works on WiFi.

  • geesmith_98 Georgie (@geesmith_98) reported

    @virginmedia The issue is that when it goes off it completely drops but when its working seems to be fine

  • GrahameSmart Grahame Smart (@GrahameSmart) reported

    @virginmedia @flipperutd 1, Ox10 6tA. Can't help beyond that