Apple News 'Feed Unavailable' error

When trying to use Apple News on my 2017 MacBook Pro, no news feed is displayed and I get the following error:

"Feed Unavailable

There may be a problem with the server or network

Please try again later"

I am connected to the internet with a fast broadband connection and the MacBook is running Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7

I have tried signing out of iCloud and signing back in again but the error persists.

Apple News works perfectly fine on my iPhone using the same iCloud login.