REASON: Database maintenance

PLANNED DURATION: 1 hour each (total of 3 hours)

NOTES: We will be performing some routine maintenance on the database which should result in improved overall performance of sites. The changes have been split into three different time slots during our periods of low activity in order to reduce the impact on customers.

UPDATED 08:39 BST 21 Aug: Maintenance completed successfully and service fully restored.

UPDATED 08:32 BST 24 Aug: Maintenance completed successfully and service fully restored.

UPDATED 08:15 BST 26 Aug: Maintenance completed successfully and service fully restored.