Just been informed in a support chat that news.eclipse.co.uk 'has been retired' and 'The news service is not something that we offer anymore'. This is despite the service status page current showing News as ' Working' !! False advertising to show something you no longer offer?
http://www.eclipse.net.uk/index.cfm?id=statusupdate
And the KB still mentions how to connect to News:
http://kb.eclipse.net.uk/display/1/index.aspx?c=&cpc...
Apparently it was a free service (like email) so they could shut it without prior notice.
The prices go up, the service goes down....