East Devon District Council

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Staff stories - East Devon

Apprenticeships - East Devon

Browsers - East Devon

For journalists - East Devon

Cookies - East Devon

What we don't do - East Devon

Terms and conditions - East Devon

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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January 2025

December 2024

Title / URL	Issues
East Devon District Councilwww.eastdevon.gov.uk/	6
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.eastdevon.gov.uk/	6
Staff stories - East Devoneastdevon.gov.uk/careers/careers/staff-stories/	3
Apprenticeships - East Devoneastdevon.gov.uk/careers/careers/apprenticeships/	3
East Devon District Councileastdevon.gov.uk/	2
Browsers - East Devoneastdevon.gov.uk/website-help/browsers/	2
For journalists - East Devoneastdevon.gov.uk/website-help/for-journalists/	2
Cookies - East Devoneastdevon.gov.uk/website-help/cookies/	2
What we don't do - East Devoneastdevon.gov.uk/website-help/what-we-don-t-do/	2
Terms and conditions - East Devoneastdevon.gov.uk/website-help/terms-and-conditions/	2

Avoid using the same link text for different destinations

East Devon District Council

Where this issue has occurred