Home Improvements and repairs – www.watford.gov.uk

Private alleyways – www.watford.gov.uk

Community planning – www.watford.gov.uk

Pay for it – www.watford.gov.uk

Council Tax exemptions – www.watford.gov.uk

Council meetings – www.watford.gov.uk

Watford parks and playgrounds – www.watford.gov.uk

Abandoned vehicles – www.watford.gov.uk

Modern slavery – www.watford.gov.uk

Domestic homicide review – www.watford.gov.uk

An `<img>` element inside a link must not specify alternative text that duplicates the
content of a text link inside or beside it.

For example, this code should be avoided:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="Apple">
    Apple
</a>
```

Accessible technologies will tend to see this as "Apple Apple". The correct behaviour is to
specify either a null (empty) `alt` attribute:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="">
    Apple
</a>
```

or to hide the image via `aria-hidden`:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" aria-hidden="true">
    Apple
</a>
```

# Learn more

Read about [Technique H2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H2) on how to combine
an adjacent image and texts links. 

See the [WAI Tutorial on decorative images](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decorative/).

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January 2025

December 2024

Watford Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Home Improvements and repairs – www.watford.gov.ukwww.watford.gov.uk/private-homes/home-improvements-repairs	2
Private alleyways – www.watford.gov.ukwww.watford.gov.uk/clean-streets/private-alleyways	2
Community planning – www.watford.gov.ukwww.watford.gov.uk/planning-guidance/community-planning/3	2
Pay for it – www.watford.gov.ukwww.watford.gov.uk/council-13/pay	2
Council Tax exemptions – www.watford.gov.ukwww.watford.gov.uk/council-tax/council-tax-exemptions-1	2
Council meetings – www.watford.gov.ukwww.watford.gov.uk/decisions-made/council-meetings	2
Watford parks and playgrounds – www.watford.gov.ukwww.watford.gov.uk/watford-parks-playgrounds	2
Abandoned vehicles – www.watford.gov.ukwww.watford.gov.uk/clean-streets/abandoned-vehicle	2
Modern slavery – www.watford.gov.ukwww.watford.gov.uk/crime-safety/modern-slavery	2
Domestic homicide review – www.watford.gov.ukwww.watford.gov.uk/crime-safety/domestic-homicide-review	2

Avoid alternative text that is the same as adjacent text

Watford Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred