Just had correspondence from the real Lynnc84 and she is admin on another site - she tells me the problems are site wide and 'it's a right mess and won't be fixed quickly' . Lyn promises to keep me updated. So if I can't resist the urge to reply to anyone temporarily I am Lynnc84 and will say I'm in cognito.
At least it's not another user, that was my concern, otherwise I would not be chatting again until fixed.
Thank you everyone who replied