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Accessibility

This site is built to conform to Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Level 1, and comply with our obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act.

While it utilises Javascript and Flash to give a full user experience, it degrades gracefully to allow all users to access all information contained on the site.

Access keys

We provide a series of keyboard shortcuts to help users who have difficulty in using pointing devices such as a mouse. We have adopted the UK Government's standard shortcuts:

Shortcut Action Note
ALT + S Skip navigation Jump straight to the main content of the page
ALT + T Top of page Jump to the top of the page
ALT + 1 Home page Links to the homepage
ALT + 2 News Links to the press page
ALT + 0 Access key details Links to this page

A. With Windows-based systems, in general, press the "Alt" key and the relevant access key:

  • if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time
  • if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or 6 then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter, then press the "Enter" key
  • if you are using Netscape version 6 or later, or Mozilla, then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time

B. With Macintosh-based systems, press the "Ctrl" key and the relevant access key

 

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