Website accessibility
We are committed to making our website as accessible as possible. We aim to meet level 2 of the International Web Accessibility standards in all parts of the website.
We are currently in the process of moving our content into a new system so some parts of the website do not meet this standard. We are working on this. Thank you for your patience.
Access keys
There are access keys to our main pages. To use these, press the key combination for the page you want to go to and then press enter. The access key combinations are:
Alt 1 Links to our home page
Alt 2 Links to the current news releases
Alt 3 Links to the A-Z index
Alt 4 Links to the search
Alt 0 Links to access key details (this page)
You can also use standard windows shortcut keys to help you navigate around the site, e.g. pressing the ALT and forward/backward button on your keyboard is the same as clicking on the forward/backward buttons in your browser.
Pressing the TAB button helps you to move around the page and saves you from using the mouse. Each time you press the TAB button, it will move you to the next section or button on the screen. Once you have moved to the button that you want, press enter and the computer will think you clicked the mouse.
Speech enabled
Our site is speech enabled using 'Browsealoud' software which needs to be downloaded and installed.
This is a free service and you can download the software at:
