ITunes store (UK) refusing to let me in

Its been working fine for a good few years - and then for the past couple of days couldn't purchase anything - so I logged out, and now it won't let me in.
It sits at the "Accessing iTunes Store" bar, and then eventually times out with error -3256
Any ideas?

I have exactly the same problem, which started when I upgraded to the latest version of iTunes. Despite having rolled back to previous versions which worked, I still receive the 'unknown error -3256'. Any help would be much appreciated because I can't get solve the problem. I run Vista 32-bit on an HP laptop. Thanks

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