Thanks Robert, have tried to do it on the gmail and the Play in settings as you recommend but nothing happened with both.
Originally Gmail kept freezing on me which got v annoying and I stupidly with my little knowledge, tried to uninstall it and reinstall and that's when the problems started.
I went into the settings but probably pressed all in wrong order. The problem with the Play seems to be a side affect.
I can get into Gmail using browser, Chrome and save the link to my home screen, which is fine but the Play is the problem, not updating anything.
Did reset all to factory settings, thinking it would undo what I'd done, now I just have the apps that come with media pad and no way to add more without Play.
Any other suggestions would be great!
Can I just use the browser to download Play like with the Gmail? Could u recommend a safe site to download from?
Really appreciate your help