Google says it is continuing to investigate the issue.
17:33•Updated 18:16
Google’s email service Gmail is recovering.
For example, a British magazine Mirror (you switch to another service) said earlier in the afternoon that hundreds of users in Britain had reported problems.
According to the magazine, most of the problems seemed to be related to receiving e-mail, when the messages may not arrive. The magazine bases its information on the DownDetector website, which monitors the status of online services.
Also in Finland, Gmail has had problems in the afternoon and it was reported that the service was out of order global (you switch to another service).
Google also informs about the fault itself through its own services on the notice board (you switch to another service).
– We have a problem with Gmail. Users may experience delays in email delivery. Our engineering team continues to investigate the issue. We will send an update during Saturday, Google says about the problem.
The story was updated at 18:20 with new information.