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Cannot retain the home page I have saved.

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I use bbc as my home page. This opens with London as a location. On previous versions I have changed the location to Aberdeen and then this has become my home page. This new version does not allow me to do this, and keeps opening with London as the location details.

I use bbc as my home page. This opens with London as a location. On previous versions I have changed the location to Aberdeen and then this has become my home page. This new version does not allow me to do this, and keeps opening with London as the location details.

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