Hi weedalrymple ( love the name)
This can often be fixed by rebooting your box.
You can also try the following if that fails :-
Using the remote go to Home > Help & Settings > Settings > Network connection.
When was the last successful connection?
If you follow "connect to Virgin Media service" it should update the network connection.
You can check that maybe 25/30 minutes later by going into the settings again and checking the last successful connection again.
Dave
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