I have been using DDG for years now. I have recently installed Linux Mint (new installation on a new system but Mint user for years) and am running DDG as my search engine. In settings I have set my territory as the United Kingdom. However my searches are returning US sites as a first preference. This never used to happen once I had set to my territory. I have tried searching FAQs and can't find (or am not using the right search terms) anything to help with this issue. So frustrating because I search, as I did just now, for legal advice and find I am on an American lawyer site. Any help, pointers or guidance as to where or how I can answer this issue would be so very much appreciated.

OS Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

Browser Firefox for Linux Mint 1.0 up to date.