Thank you - I have done it and I got there with your help
First I cleared history and cookies.
For anyone else tying to find out how to access their Account settings its the the incy wincy tiny logo (looks like an explanation mark) next to your user name - it opens a new page so you have to sign in again and from there you can access your account settings.
Then you can access the change location which is now set to the UK - I am .com too so I have always had the Turkish news page etc but the mail has always been ok until now.
Anyway this seems to have worked... and these are the instructions I found through the Help Section
Yahoo! Mail's "Preferred Content" refers to the country / language setting can be changed by following the following steps:
Yahoo! Mail at the top of your page, Yahoo Mail click on the logo next to your username. A pop-up menu appears.
Account click.
A new window will open asking you to enter your password again. Yahoo! ID re-directed to your card.
Yahoo! ID on your card "Account Settings" Under the language, set time zone location and click on the link.
Regional Site and Language Click on the link next to, from there you can choose from the list of content meets your needs.
Save Click.
Thanks again