Comment, opinion and discussion from the Guardian US | The Guardian

Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US | The Guardian

Formula One | The Guardian

Latest news from around the world | The Guardian

First time visit: View without clicking anything

US politics | The Guardian

NHL | The Guardian

NFL | The Guardian

Wellness | The Guardian

Tennis | The Guardian

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Title / URL	Issues
Comment, opinion and discussion from the Guardian US \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us/commentisfree	1
Environmental news, opinion and analysis from Guardian US \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us/environment	1
Formula One \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/sport/formulaone	1
Latest news from around the world \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/world	1
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.theguardian.com/uk	1
US politics \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us-news/us-politics	1
NHL \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/sport/nhl	1
NFL \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/sport/nfl	1
Wellness \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us/wellness	1
Tennis \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/sport/tennis	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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