Have your say | Bedford Borough Council

Winter roads | Bedford Borough Council

News | Bedford Borough Council

Council Tax | Bedford Borough Council

Homepage | Bedford Borough Council

Gypsies and Travellers | Bedford Borough Council

Four Free Hours of Parking Extended | Bedford Borough Council

Animal welfare licensing | Bedford Borough Council

Household bins and recycling | Bedford Borough Council

Health and safety at work | Bedford Borough Council

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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June 2025

May 2025

Bedford Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Have your say \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/your-council/have-your-say	1
Winter roads \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/winter-roads	1
News \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/news?f%5B0%5D=date%3A2025	1
Council Tax \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/council-tax	1
Homepage \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/	1
Gypsies and Travellers \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/housing/gypsies-and-travellers	1
Four Free Hours of Parking Extended \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/news/2024/four-free-hours-parking-extended	1
Animal welfare licensing \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/licensing/animal-welfare-licensing	1
Household bins and recycling \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/household-bins-and-recycling	1
Health and safety at work \| Bedford Borough Councilwww.bedford.gov.uk/business/health-and-safety-work	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Bedford Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred