Accessibility

This site is compliant (to Checkpoint Level 1 and 2) to the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and is compliant with the requirements of the DDA (Disabilities Discrimination Act) and the WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) Double-A standards. It uses valid XHTML and CSS, with JavaScript and Flash for streaming media.

Text Size

Users can easily change the text size using their browser settings. Advice on making changes to your browser and operating system to make full use of accessibility settings can be found from the BBC website. Advice for Microsoft, Apple and Linux users can also be found online.

Links

We try to ensure that link text makes sense out of context and that they accurately describes the page it points to. You can use the tab key on your keyboard, or your mouse, to move from consecutive link to link.