Ditchpanther:
I had a suspicion that is was the browser.
I was looking through the settings to see if something could be changed but it was 3am and that is not a good time to do anything.
Sounds like I did not make the point clear 
It's not a browser setting, it's a standard. Anything more than one space will be ignored by any browser; CR and LF will be ignored as well. So looking for a setting is a waste of time regardless of the time of the day 
As mentioned above, use (no breaking space). Use
(break) for a new line and use
some text here
for paragraphs.