Zanussi 1200 not spinning?

My machine has stopped spinning, I have checked all the drainage for blockages and all clear. When I reset to spin the pause buton now just keeps flashing and wont start. I can only restart it if I turn it all off then push through the sequence and then it will only drain,,,,,,it will not spin on any sequence?????? please can someone help.....2 young children, a builder as a husband and no washing machine aaaaaaaahhhhhhh