Local Government election 2023 results | Local Government elections | South Ribble

Members allowance scheme | South Ribble

Accessibility statement | South Ribble

Summer timetable- week six | HAF | South Ribble

Summer timetable- week one | HAF | South Ribble

Summer timetable- week four | HAF | South Ribble

Summer timetable- week five | HAF | South Ribble

Summer timetable- week three | HAF | South Ribble

Summer timetable- week two | HAF | South Ribble

Tables which contain information should have clear headers defined.  

In this example, the top row of the table is a header:

| Surname        | City          |
| -------------- | ------------- |
| Washington     | London        |
| Phoenix        | Arizona       |
| Austin         | Travis        |

Notice how without the header here, it would be almost impossible to understand 
what the individual values mean ("Washington" could be a city or a surname). 

It is not enough to just make the headers look differently, as accessible technologies will not 
recognize this (for example, a screen reader cannot 'see' different colors or fonts). 
Table headings must be defined using the `<th>` tag. 

This example shows how a table should use a `<th>` to mark cells as headings. Note the 
use of the `col` attribute, to specify these headings are for the _column_:

```html
<table>
  <tr>
    <th scope="col">First name</th>
    <th scope="col">City</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Washington</td>
    <td>London</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Phoenix</td>
    <td>Arizona</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Austin</td>
    <td>Travis</td>
  </tr>
</table>
```

Tables which are used purely for layout do not need to do this. However, 
[the use of tables for layout is strongly discouraged](https://www.lifewire.com/dont-use-tables-for-layout-3468941).
This check will ignore tables that it believes are purposely used for layout.

Learn more about [accessible table design (W3C)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/tables/one-header/).

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February 2025

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South Ribble Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Local Government election 2023 results \| Local Government elections \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/elections-voting/local-government-elections-1/2	23
Members allowance scheme \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/council-democracy/members-allowance-scheme	8
Accessibility statement \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/utilities/accessibility-statement	1
Summer timetable- week six \| HAF \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/people-communities/haf/7	1
Summer timetable- week one \| HAF \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/people-communities/haf/2	1
Summer timetable- week four \| HAF \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/people-communities/haf/5	1
Summer timetable- week five \| HAF \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/people-communities/haf/6	1
Summer timetable- week three \| HAF \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/people-communities/haf/4	1
Summer timetable- week two \| HAF \| South Ribblesouthribble.gov.uk/people-communities/haf/3	1

Add headers to tables

South Ribble Borough Council

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