Google apologises after a London 'power event' crashes banking apps and halts court trials across England and Wales
Revolut customers found themselves locked out of card payments, transfers and cash withdrawals, with more than 1,500 reporting issues. The Criminal Bar Association said barristers were unable to proceed with trials after the Cloud Video Platform went down. Lloyds, Halifax, HSBC, Rightmove, Royal Mail and NHS England were among those also affected. Google said a full recovery was provisionally expected by 2pm.
Google's europe-west2 zone, believed to be London, has been failing since late Monday.
Barristers warned that efforts to clear the crippling court backlogs were 'hampered'.
Google's suggested fix was for customers to move their workloads elsewhere.
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