I changed it to LWP::Debug qw(+); and the proxy to $mech->proxy('http','http://127.0.0.1:8088'); but I am still getting the same problems, eg: LWP::UserAgent::new: () LWP::UserAgent::proxy: http http://127.0.0.1:8088 LWP::UserAgent::request: () HTTP::Cookies::add_cookie_header: Checking news.google.co.uk for cookies HTTP::Cookies::add_cookie_header: Checking .google.co.uk for cookies HTTP::Cookies::add_cookie_header: Checking google.co.uk for cookies HTTP::Cookies::add_cookie_header: Checking .co.uk for cookies HTTP::Cookies::add_cookie_header: Checking co.uk for cookies HTTP::Cookies::add_cookie_header: Checking .uk for cookies LWP::UserAgent::send_request: GET http://news.google.co.uk/search?q=~%22fantasti c+four%22&num=100&hl=en&safe=off&start=0&as_qdr=all&filter=0 LWP::UserAgent::_need_proxy: Proxied to http://127.0.0.1:8088 LWP::Protocol::http::request: () LWP::Protocol::collect: read 130 bytes LWP::UserAgent::request: Simple response: Not Found Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at movien1.pl line 28. 0 news items found