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This website uses a cookie to record whether a user’s browser is enabled to use JavaScript, a common website tool for providing interactivity such as the animation of page elements by fading them in and out. The cookie is a simple yes/no flag, and contains no personal data.

This website also uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a tool that allows the behaviour of users on a website to be analysed, to help a website owner to provide the best user experience. Google Analytics generates cookies that identify whether you’ve visited the website before, which pages you visit etc. These cookies cannot be used to identify individuals; they are used for statistical purposes only and the data never shows any confidential information. The data itself is only visible to the website owner, the website provider Cyber Duck and the relevant team at Google.

This website includes functionality to interact with social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and ShareThis which in turn permit interaction with a wide range of third-party websites. You should be aware that all these  websites may set cookies while you’re using this website. For more details please consult the privacy policies of the services in question.

This website includes video and audio content from third parties, whose sites may set cookies while you are using this website. For more details please consult the privacy policy of the service in question.

You can restrict or block the cookies used by websites through your browser settings, but this will impact on your user experience.The 'Help' function on your browser will tell you how.

Alternatively, you can visit the Information Commissioner's Office which provides directions on how to block cookies on all major browsers. This site also explains how you can delete cookies that have already been stored on your computer as well as general information about cookies.

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