Opinion | The Guardian

UK weather | UK news | The Guardian

England | UK news | The Guardian

Business to business news and features | The Guardian

Wales | UK news | The Guardian

UK news | UK news | The Guardian

Monarchy | Page 3 of 531 | UK news | The Guardian

Technology | The Guardian

Census | UK news | The Guardian

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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Title / URL	Issues
Opinion \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk/commentisfree	2
UK weather \| UK news \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk/weather	2
England \| UK news \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk-news/england	2
Business to business news and features \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk/business-to-business	2
Wales \| UK news \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk/wales/2022/dec/11/all	2
UK news \| UK news \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/15/all	2
Wales \| UK news \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk/wales/2022/nov/27/all	2
Monarchy \| Page 3 of 531 \| UK news \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk/monarchy?page=3	2
Technology \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk/technology	2
Census \| UK news \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/uk/census/2022/nov/29/all	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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