IMessage will not activate - receive strange message

Ok, currently my iMessage will not work properly. It has been working previously hence this is very frustrating.
I have iPhone 4s A1387 model and I am running IOS6.1.1. I am based in the UK.
This problem may have happened when i updated the software or possibly when I was last overseas. Before that I have successfully used imessage overseas and have had no problems.
I have tried many things from the forums - resetting, resetting network, etc - but this will not activate
Here is the problem:
After resetting I went to General - Imessage
I turned it back on
It said 'Waiting for Activation'
I pressed the Use your Apple ID for iMessage
My Apple ID was displayed and I put in my password
Then I got the message
"iMessage Activation
Could not sign in. Please check your network connection and try again"
The network connection is fine. It is working with everything else.
I really don't know what to do ????
Any help would be very nicely received!

You may have a firewall in your router which is blocking certain ports which iMessage uses. In particular TCP port 5223. IMessage also uses ports 80 and 443 but these probably aren't blocked.
See: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4245

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