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Q: iOS10 - News widget : "Couldn't Load Stories"

Does anyone know why this might be?

 

I'm located in France, but using my iPhone 6 in English.  After initial update to iOS10, stories were showing up in the widget, too many in fact.  I turned them off, but then discovered other news categories and turned those on.  They work fine in the News app (as do some of the originals, not all because of region) but nothing is showing in the widget (swipe-right from Home screen).

iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Sep 14, 2016 3:59 AM

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  • by dp3049,

    dp3049 dp3049 Sep 24, 2016 7:07 PM in response to gee-eff-ess
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    Sep 24, 2016 7:07 PM in response to gee-eff-ess

    I had this issue too...  I'm in Australia with Australian AppleID, and Australian region set, etc. The steps I followed to fix were:

    1. remove news widget from widget list.
    2. checked notifications for news were on
    3. checked location services for news was on
    4. added widget back to to the widget list
    5. ** Powered Off and On device **  <- I think this is the magic ingredient!

    Nothing changed until I reboot the phone.

     

    Hope it helps... very frustrating...

     

    Best regards, Dave.

  • by Manarof,

    Manarof Manarof Sep 25, 2016 7:30 AM in response to Monicasaays
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    Sep 25, 2016 7:30 AM in response to Monicasaays

    no it dose not fix the problem, the app disappears if your not in Canada and set the region to Canada

  • by kostovao,

    kostovao kostovao Sep 26, 2016 8:50 AM in response to gee-eff-ess
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    Sep 26, 2016 8:50 AM in response to gee-eff-ess

    Hi, I am from Canada and by default I don't have access to the News app. After installing iOS10, the News widget appeared on the lock screen on both my iPhone 6s and my iPad Air 2 but was only populated with news on the iPhone. On the iPad it was empty saying 'couldn't load any stories' or something similar. I tried to change the regional settings for the US, opening and closing the News app that appeared, powering off my iPad  but nothing gave results. Then I put back my regional settings to Canada and checked that the location services were enabled. Then went in the System Services and enabled Frequent Locations and Improve Maps and then, the news popped up in the News Widget. I didn't even had to restart my iPad.

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