Wtf happened
 

Thanks to those who emailed. It's seems the portal here crapped itself, breaking the link between Vbulletin and its database.

Temporary solutions has been to bomb the portal so the forum can operate until such time it may be repaired fully. That said I suspect now a days the Portal is a little less relevant, used and needed as much as it used to be so it may not be back.

I'm glad the site is back mate, thought it was my end