Cookies

We want to make this website as easy to use and helpful as possible. This sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your computer. These are called 'cookies'.

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You can manage or disable these small files yourself, but some features of the website may not function as a result. To learn more about cookies visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

The cookies we use

The open source platform and content management system on which this website is built uses the following cookies:

Name: SESS(followed by randomly generated characters)
Typical content: Randomly generated string session ID
Purpose: Session cookie
Expires: 23 days

Name: pagestyle
Typical content: Colour setting (default = standard)
Purpose: Detects and remembers the user's preferred Accessibility colour setting
Expires: 1 year

Name: textsize
Typical content: Textsize setting (default = 80)
Purpose: Detects and remembers the user's preferred Accessibility textsize setting
Expires: 1 year

Third Party cookies

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