I have to go to work in an hour and a half but was hoping if I got up at 5am that I would have some time to play this morning. Have I got my times/dates mixed up? I thought the beta weekend started 20 mins ago? Thanks in advance for any information relating to this.

Yeah it's down for me too at the moment.

Sorry, but this is not the forum for discussing the beta. My understanding is that you should have received a link to the beta forum in your invitation email. (Not in beta myself, but I gather it's buried somewhere at the bottom of the email.) For more information, see http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1487438-eso-support-and-general-beta-info-last-updated-feb-7/: