We aim to make this website accessible to all users, following standards and guidelines to ensure that this site can be used as easily as possible by everyone.
If you experience any problems in accessing any information on this website, please contact us and we will do our best to help.
We are aiming for the web pages to meet the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) 'Web Accessibility Initiative's Double-A' standard. Our website is best viewed using Internet Explorer 8 or above or Firefox 3 or above in screen resolutions of 1152x864 or above.
This website has been designed to be as accessible to as many users as possible
Changing colours, font and text size
You may like to change the colours, font and text size of our website. The BBC My Web My Way have an easy to use guide detailing how to change these settings in your internet browser.
Contact us about website accessibility
This cookie policy provides information on cookies the council uses on its websites, what they are for and how you as an individual users can control or block them using your browser. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
A cookie is a small file of numbers and letters downloaded on to a device (e.g. computer, laptop, smartphone) when a user accesses some websites, including those of the Council. Cookies allow us to recognise devices and help us remember information regarding your preferences (e.g. if you have created a personalized homepage, or if you have logged into a site). This helps users of our websites, as it means their preferences can be saved each time they visit, without the need to re-enter them. Most major websites use cookies.
You may delete and block all cookies from our sites, but parts of these sites may not work properly.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, and how to manage, stop your browser downloading them or delete them, visit:
Your browser's HELP function should also tell you how to do this, or your mobile phone manual.
Please be aware that restricting cookies on our websites may impact on some functionality
The length of time a cookie will remain on your device will depend on the type of cookie. On our website, these cookies do not contain personal information.
The table below identifies the cookies we use on our websites, their name and description.
Google Analytics can be found on all websites listed.
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our websites. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
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Cookie |
Description |
Expires |
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utmz |
stores where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link) |
6months |
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utma |
stores each user's amount of visits, and the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit (presumably partly for double checking of this information). |
2 years |
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utmb and utmc |
are used to check approximately how long you stay on a site: when a visit starts, and approximately ends |
End of Session / 30 mins |
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More Info |
http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.html |
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Cookies |
Description |
Expires |
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NID, |
These are used by Google to track how many people are using their Maps. |
These cookies expire within 30 days to 2 years |
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More Info |
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Cookies |
Description |
Expires |
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googtrans |
Stores your chosen language, if you decide to change is from English. |
End of Session |
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PREF |
This cookie is used to remember your language preferences if you choose to translate any pages. |
1 month |
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More Info |
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