WhatsApp users are continuing to face connection issues tonight, with the popular app still not working for many people.

There is currently no ETA on when WhatsApp will be back online in the UK, however, the support team have provided a short update on the situation.

"WhatsApp is aware of the issue and working to fix it as soon as possible," a spokesperson told Engadget.

While information is still scarce, WhatsApp users around the globe are reporting that the popular messenging app does appear to be coming back online, although it's unclear just how long it will take for all servers to do the same.

10.40PM UPDATE: WhatsApp users across the UK are continuing to face issues tonight with thousands unable to access the app.

Reports are coming in from all areas of Britain and the problems also appear to hitting Europe as well.

The issues began at around 9pm and there's still no word on when things will be back online.

ORIGINAL STORY: WhatsApp is down tonight.

It appears the service went offline at around 9pm with thousands now unable to access the popular messaging service.

Down detector is showing thousands of outages across the UK and other parts of the world including Brazil and the US.

One user wrote on a forum: "Showing Connecting.... Looks like an issue with the service."

Whilst another said: "Whatsapp stopped working for me at 21:13 today."

It's currently unclear what is causing the issues or when things will be back online.