Members of the Science Council | Science Council

Ninth Open Meeting - 10th June 2021 | Science Council

Updating Science Council Register of Interests | Science Council

July 2022 Interim Report | Science Council

Science Council annual report 2021-2022 | Science Council

All about the Science Council | Science Council

Science Council Chair's Report | Science Council

Screen reader users will see links on a page listed without context, 
so you should ensure the same link text is not used to point to different web
addresses.

For example:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news">News</a>

``` 

To a screen reader who is listing links, they will only hear:

* News
* News

These links appear to be the same, but they both behave differently. 
One solution, which doesn't require the page design to change, is to add an 
`aria-label` for each link:

```html

 Learn the latest about our products: 
 <a href="/products/news" aria-label="Product news">News</a>



 Learn the latest about our services: 
 <a href="/company/news" aria-label="Company news">News</a>

``` 

Which will be heard as:

* Product news
* Company news

To pass this checkpoint, make sure that links which point to different pages 
have distinct text inside them, or that they specify ARIA labels (`aria-labelledby` or
`aria-label`), or they use hidden text only visible to screen readers
(e.g. `...`) to distinguish them from each 
other.

If links point to the same page (e.g., they redirect or use tracking
parameters, but are functionally equivalent to the user) you can ignore
this issue.

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	Title / URL	Issues
	Members of the Science Council \| Science Councilscience-council.food.gov.uk/SCOurMembers	12
	Ninth Open Meeting - 10th June 2021 \| Science Councilscience-council.food.gov.uk/ninththopenmeeting	3
	Updating Science Council Register of Interests \| Science Councilscience-council.food.gov.uk/UpdatingScienceCouncilRegisterofInterests	3
	July 2022 Interim Report \| Science Councilscience-council.food.gov.uk/SC_WG6_FSNZC_July_Report	3
	Science Council annual report 2021-2022 \| Science Councilscience-council.food.gov.uk/Science%20Council%20annual%20report%202021-2022	2
	All about the Science Council \| Science Councilscience-council.food.gov.uk/all-about-science-council	2
	Science Council Chair's Report \| Science Councilscience-council.food.gov.uk/Science%20Council%20Chair's%20Report	2

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

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