Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian

Formula One | The Guardian

Sports news, scores, analysis and opinion from the Guardian US | 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

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
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us	3
Formula One \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/sport/formulaone	2
Sports news, scores, analysis and opinion from the Guardian US \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us/sport	2
Latest news from around the world \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/world	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.theguardian.com/uk	2
US politics \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us-news/us-politics	2
NHL \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/sport/nhl	2
NFL \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/sport/nfl	2
Wellness \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/us/wellness	2
Tennis \| The Guardianwww.theguardian.com/sport/tennis	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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