Can't connect from London UK.

[Ken Serenity]

Having issues with SL and can't connect today after repeated attempts. Is there an issue?

[KarenMichelle Lane]

The lindenlab.com & secondlife.com domain farms are accessible from the UK according to:

https://www.nexcess.net/resources/tools/global-dns-checker/?h=lindenlab.com&t=A

If you are having the Friends List failure then you are in great company.

Here is the status about that from Rolig:

 

I'm just going to paste the reply I have used for others with this same question.  Sorry.

Get in line.  If you scroll back through the posts before yours since last Tuesday, you'll see quite a number of messages from people who have your problem.  See also https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/BUG-11032 .  I suggest submitting a support case to let Linden Lab know that you are another person with the problem.  Be sure that you include full details about your computer and connection. Get those by clicking on Help >>> About Second Life in the upper left corner of your login screen and then choosing the Copy to Clipboard option. Those details may help Linden Lab techs diagnose the problem.