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Our history | Assura

Contact us | Assura

Our business | Assura

Case studies | Assura

Home | Assura

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Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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March 2026

February 2026

Assura PLC

Title / URL	Issues
Meet the team \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/about-us/meet-team	10
Page not found \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/invented-url-for-404-page	10
Email alerts \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/site-services/email-alerts	10
Our history \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/about-us/our-history	10
Contact us \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/contact-us	10
Our business \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/about-us/our-business	10
Case studies \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/media-centre/case-studies	10
Home \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/	10
Page not found \| Assurawww.assuraplc.com/error-page	10
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.assuraplc.com/	10

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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