hotpoint ultima digit WT741 has stopped working ??

I tried to turn my washing machine on and it wont work there were no problems last time i used it . nothing is coming up in the display panel except a small line in the main box where the minutes should show i.e part of a number, nothing is flashing but that small red line is perminant.. very odd the machine is two years old and I have had no previous problems...any ideas?