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Virgin Media Outage Report in Blaydon-on-Tyne, Gateshead, 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 Blaydon-on-Tyne, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Blaydon-on-Tyne 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 Blaydon-on-Tyne, Gateshead, England 03/01/2026 09:50

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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 (11%)

    Total Blackout (11%)

  4. TV (7%)

    TV (7%)

  5. E-mail (3%)

    E-mail (3%)

  6. Phone (2%)

    Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Blaydon-on-Tyne, Gateshead, England

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

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City Problem Type Report Time
United KingdomChester-le-Street Total Blackout
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 Blaydon-on-Tyne, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Blaydon-on-Tyne and nearby locations:

  • 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.

  • 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 ...!

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

    @kerouac151 @virginmedia Posh down there mind

  • 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! 👏🏼👏🏼

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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!!

  • 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 ...

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

    @virginmedia your wifi is down again

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

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

    @garyrbarton @virginmedia Rule of thumb: hang up

  • 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

  • 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.

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

    Still not back on @virginmedia any ideas when service will resume

  • 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 :)

  • MajorManor lee major (@MajorManor) reported from Newcastle upon Tyne, England

    @virginmedia Got no Wi-Fi Have you got a problem with your Wi-Fi in NE15 Newcastle upon Tyne it is on and off and up and down more than a prostitutes knickers

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • LauraGreenawa12 Laura Greenaway (@LauraGreenawa12) reported

    @virginmedia Eh the TV service being down maybe?!?!

  • BigJonnoUTV John Swingler (@BigJonnoUTV) reported

    Is everyone channels just down or wifi too cus my wifis gone #virginmedia

  • KathNewton3 Kath Newton (@KathNewton3) reported

    @virginmedia I've had a message saying it's fixed it's cleary not working

  • Montrealbloke Richard - Entrepreneur & progressive 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 (@Montrealbloke) reported

    @Darkowl1rush Die Hard tomorrow on Disney + when #virginmedia is still down. After all #diehardisachristmasmovie Fire stick or Chrome cast be good idea.

  • lesrat1972 Les (@lesrat1972) reported

    @tomk0s @virginmedia Well get off Twitter and do that , I just want the service I pay for

  • Sharpzilla Shärpy 🐒🤔 (@Sharpzilla) reported

    @virginmedia TV not working

  • Gautrek1 Gautrek (@Gautrek1) reported

    @GaryHol99481600 @virginmedia I have been with virgin since it was called NTL and we had dial up. In all that time I have had very few issues. Yes it's a pain when it's down. But it's do rare for us.

  • Modmuffin Tears of a Clown (@Modmuffin) reported

    Boris Johnson has his booster and then Virgin Media goes down. Coincidence? Yes...

  • TajiDhaliwal Taj Dhaliwal (@TajiDhaliwal) reported

    @virginmedia @SanaMussa Having a national outage 24hrs later probably hasn’t helped matters

  • CarlManc76 Carl (@CarlManc76) reported

    @Ewan_Huzami @virginmedia You won't get a penny. The contract says you will only be reimbursed if the service is continuously down for 72 hrs.