Originally posted by ool01:

Actually at the moment the problem seems to have spread and it's not just the icons that aren't loading any more. The bar above says "Elements: 1/11" and I'm stuck with a blank page. Then a page will load without style sheets or any pictures, just a bit of text. If I wish to look at Facebook I have to use Firefox for the time being.

If anyone has any ideas as to what is causing this and how it can be remedied I'd be grateful.

Opera didn't use to give me grief, and I've been using it for years...

Am getting the same here, have been the last couple of weeks. I'm on Opera 12.15. Curiously if I close Opera and reopen it will work ok the first time. Have tried deleting cookies, clearing cache, persistent storage etc too.