Very slow / aborted connection to some sites. UK R...

Hi all,
For the past two weeks or so I've had awful connectivity issues to a variety of different websites, e.g.
www.bbc.co.uk
www.ebay.co.uk
www.facebook.co.uk
www.imdb.co.uk
www.tesco.com
yet other sites work perfectly well, These same sites are readily accessible via my mobile phones 3g connection, so I know it is not an issue with the websites themselves.
I know there was a broader UK wide issue with BT broadband at the weekend, but this has been marked as resolved. Is there anything else that might be causing this issue? Routing or DNS issues perhaps, and how could I test this?
It is not a general broadband connection issue as my home hub remains stable, and I can readily access newsgroups (astraweb and newsdemon) at full speed without issue.
Thanks

this link may help https://community.bt.com/t5/Other-Broadband-Queries/Cannot-access-BBC-or-Facebook/td-p/1309069 also the forum search may help
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