Website cookies

Website cookies

To comply with GDPR data protection legislation we are required to tell you about the cookies used on this website.

Cookies are small files placed on your computer by websites you visit. You can read all about common things cookies are used for on the Your Online Choices website and the About Cookies website.

You can view all key public information on our website without needing to use cookies, but some parts of it (usually third party software like YouTube or Twitter) may not display properly without them.

Your cookie choice

It is your choice whether or not you want websites to put cookies on your computer. You can manage your choices in your web browser on any device, and AboutCookies offers a guide to managing your cookies on all modern browsers.

It’s important to remember that if you choose to disable all cookies all the time, some websites or website functions (particularly ones that require logins or passwords) may not work.

Withdrawing consent to use of cookies

If you decide at any time you don’t want cookies anymore, you can clear the cache in your web browser to delete any cookies that are there. You can then disable cookies and no more will be stored unless you decide to enable them again.
We are currently working on a solution which will allow you to manage your cookie consent for this site more easily

Our cookies do not provide us with any private or personally identifiable information about you. All data that is gathered is anonymous.

The cookies we use and what they do

Cookie NamePurpose
useTextOnlyThis is used to store whether you are using the site in textOnly mode or not.
Persistent for three months.
setStringThis is used to store user preferences for viewing sites in textOnly mode e.g. font-size and colour.
ConsentMessageThis is used to store whether the site will display the consent message.
Persistent for one year.
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. This information can be used 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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