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Old October 1st, 2008, 10:47 PM   #21
 
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They must have put a restriction in place - well I can tell you its pretty impressive and much easier to use than the current one.
Maybe a 'UK only' one to restrict traffic?
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capra - no it doesn't work for me at home either - it worked from the office (within the BBC network) but doesn't work from home.
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The new look site is now up and running, albeit with a caveat to inform us that this is still a beta version so they are still ironing out the glitches, but so far looks good. Rocket Robin game is a hoot!
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