bbc.co.uk changing to bbc.com when abroad

J_B

My Firefox homepage is set to bbc.co.uk/news/uk

Whenever I'm in Cyprus it changes after a couple of seconds to bbc.com etc

Just starting to read about the local election results when, boom, up pops the attention seeking ginger prince!

Is there a simple way of stopping this?

flaneurs_lobster

VPN set to UK?

victor2

As above. You also get ads when on bbc.com. Very annoying when you just want to see the main news stories while on holiday!

Olinda99

other news websites are available !

However, this may work...

"If you look at the top of the bbc.com/news page, there is a small ‘UK’ choice/click which will take you to the UK news"

Also using the Brave browser my work but you would have to research this

Also, have you tried

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk

J_B

flaneurs_lobster said:

VPN set to UK?

Any recommendations for a week's holiday?

Olinda99 said:

other news websites are available !
LOL!

However, this may work...
"If you look at the top of the bbc.com/news page, there is a small ‘UK’ choice/click which will take you to the UK news"
Yes, it takes me to the UK news but the .com version, not the .co.uk which are bizarrely different!

Also using the Brave browser my work but you would have to research this
Will try

Also, have you tried
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk

That's what it defaults to! 

Thanks

flaneurs_lobster

J_B said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

VPN set to UK?

Any recommendations for a week's holiday

For free? Just use the Brave or Opera browsers that have a VPN built-in (but need to be switched on). Many VPN extensions available for most browsers.

J_B

flaneurs_lobster said:

J_B said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

VPN set to UK?

Any recommendations for a week's holiday

For free? Just use the Brave or Opera browsers that have a VPN built-in (but need to be switched on). Many VPN extensions available for most browsers.

I tried Proton = doesn't do UK

I tried Windscribe ("you already have an account!!) and it works - that'll do for now!

Frozen_up_north

A VPN is handy if you want to watch UK TV while overseas. I used CyberGhost in the past but it was awful, I currently use NordVPN and it’s much better. You have currently London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Douglas and St Helier as UK choices.

For the technically savvy, you can use your own VPN and “break out” from your home in the UK. For a relatively easy VPN to access your home and connect to the web from your home, while away, the free Tailscale VPN system is brilliant. I have been using it for over a year to access my home PC and some other equipment on my home network.
https://tailscale.com/

J_B

Frozen_up_north said:

A VPN is handy if you want to watch UK TV while overseas...............

We have a firestick for that but strangely the VPN I have for that isn't for PCs.