Accessibility

· 13 checks — Landmarks, headings, alt text, forms, and link quality rolled into one auditable list.

SCORE

GRADE

FIX

REVIEW

PASS

INFO

Checks

5 PASS 4 REVIEW 4 FIX

Web Manifest

Action

Not found

FIX

Not found

No web manifest found

No manifest at standard paths (/manifest.json, /site.webmanifest). A manifest is optional but enables PWA features like home screen installation and standalone display.

No web manifest found.

Dark Mode Support

Action

No dark mode signals

FIX

No dark mode signals

No dark mode signals detected

Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.

Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles

External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.

Dark ModeNo Dark Mode Detected

color-scheme meta Not set ✗Dark theme-color Not set ✗CSS indicators Not detected ✗

Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles.

Print Stylesheet

Action

No print styles

FIX

No print styles

No print-specific styles detected

When users print this page, they get the screen layout including navigation and non-essential elements. Add @media print rules to hide navigation and optimize layout for paper.

Print Stylesheet No Print Styles

Print stylesheet Not found ✗Inline @media print Not detected ✗

Heading Hierarchy

80 headings

REVIEW

80 headings

No H1 heading found

Every page should have one H1 that describes the page content.

H3 Lewis Moody seeking sponsors for 500-mile ride in aid of MND
H3 Lewis Moody seeking sponsors for 500-mile ride in aid of MND
H3 Inside the Wetherpoons pub with great Tower of London views
H2 News
H3 London house prices sink again as wealthiest areas hit
H3 Eight London sites raided in peer-to-peer crypto trading bust
H3 Tech firms sign for 400,000 sq ft of London office space in a month
H3 Barclays sweetens mortgage deals as interest rate decision takes focus
H3 Economic optimism slumps to lowest level since records began
H3 War propels UK inflation in new risk for interest rate hikes
H3 Elite law firm apologises for AI ‘hallucinations’ in bankruptcy case
H3 Pension ping pong: Now government backtracks on mandation powers
H3 Gold and silver surge as Hochschild helps London’s mining stocks shine
H3 End of the runway for Gatwick as top court kicks out insurance lifeline
H3 Meta spies on workers’ every click to build the AI that will replace them
H3 Reckitt shares slump as Durex owner fears £150m Iran war hit
H3 UK workers suffer bigger tax hikes than any leading economy after Reeves’ raid
H3 Motor finance: City watchdog faces legal battle over £9bn scheme
H3 Shopping list: London Stock Exchange could welcome £20bn in retail floats within months
H3 Starmer won’t recover from the toxic Mandelson scandal
H3 Scottish Mortgage manager Baillie Gifford eyes £3bn return on historic Space X bet
H2 Editor's Picks
H3 Can Volkswagen really pivot to defence?
H3 Dyson, JCB and Global Brands: The firms facing a break-up after Labour’s tax grab
H3 Celebrities in the Cotswolds: How Kim Kardashian & Ellen are changing the region
H2 Opinion
H3 AI governance for boards: A short practical guide
H3 Should you build an AI clone of your CEO? No!
H3 The Debate: Should UK museums charge international tourists?
H3 Hows Trump’s war in Iran is hitting hospitality
H3 Nigel Farage’s crypto punt is unlikely to end well
H3 Watch out senior leaders, the Mamdani Effect is coming for your boardroom
H3 Starmer won’t recover from the toxic Mandelson scandal
H3 FCA: Changes to SM&CR regime aren’t deregulation, they’re better regulation
H2 Partner content
H3 Transforming Consulting: Elevating standards and expertise for the future of business
H3 St John Ambulance receives Health Lottery Foundation grant to extend Young Responders programme
H3 Northern Data Group International Day at Chestertons Polo in the Park
H3 More than a café. More than a bank.
H3 What’s on in April
H3 Barbican Centre: the brutalist landmark weaving art into everyday London life.
H2 Sport
H3 Lewis Moody seeking sponsors for 500-mile ride in aid of MND
H3 Exclusive: Sticking points remain in NRL discussions with Super League
H3 Roman Abramovich heads to European Court of Human Rights
H3 Hollywood consortium revives bid for Cardiff after Ospreys owners’ deal fails
H3 Aston Villa facing Premier League scrutiny over £55m Warehouse sale
H3 West Ham: Daniel Kretinsky named joint-chair and set to increase stake
H3 Barry Hearn says ‘Saudi is a problem’ amid snooker shift
H3 England’s Women’s T20 World Cup matches to be free to watch
H2 Life&Style
H3 Inside the Wetherpoons pub with great Tower of London views
H3 Here is the best wine from Australia, from Chardonnay to Shiraz
H3 How bakers became the rock stars of London’s post-booze era
H3 Jeremy King: My honest thoughts on The Ivy £1bn sale
H3 The Crime Lord: Peter Capaldi on the manosphere, London and rocking out with his band as he approaches 70
H3 The mysterious media moguls behind London’s pink slime propaganda machine
H3 The cult of cute: The strange drama of corporate mascots
H3 Is The Killingworth Castle the best gastropub in the Cotswolds?
H3 I had 261,305 unread emails: What I learned from my Inbox Zero experiment
H2 The Punter
H3 In Power we trust to take D’Or at Sandown
H3 Back Nicholls’ Yoga to stretch his Sandown rivals
H3 Moreira Will help Fownes to more wins at the Valley
H2 Features from our Partners
H3 Protecting the truth in a shifting communications compliance environment
H3 Alibaba.com brings CoCreate Pitch to Europe:
H3 An Experience Like No Other: Premium Hospitality Packages for Catfish and the Bottlemen at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
H3 How effective procurement technology can improve employee retention
H3 World-Class Hospitality: Premium Hospitality Packages for Arijit Singh at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
H3 VILT – The clock is ticking: European Accessibility Act Looms
H3 Saudi Arabia’s Real Estate Surge: NHC Takes the Lead
H3 Beyond reinsurance: Aon’s UK Insurance Vertical redefines client partnership
H3 Adobe Acrobat AI: The legal pro in your corner
H3 A New Era of Saudi-U.S. Strategic Partnership
H3 Hope Rehab Thailand: journey to recovery
H3 Hercules PLC: Powering Britain’s infrastructure ambitions
H3 How AI-powered compliance could fight financial crime
H3 Full-throttle Corporate Experiences at F1 DRIVE – London
H2 Subscribe

Every page should have one H1 that describes the page content.

Why this matters

No H1 means screen-reader users can't identify the page's primary topic, and Google's content-extraction degrades.

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The H1 is the document title for assistive tech and a strong signal to search engines about page topic. Pages without one force screen readers to fall back to the <title> attribute or page chrome. Add a single H1 that names the page's primary subject.

Source: WCAG 2.4.6 / Google Search Central

404 Error Page

HTTP 404, custom page

REVIEW

HTTP 404, custom page

Correct 404 status code returned

Got: HTTP 404

Custom styled 404 page

Navigation links present on 404 page

Search form present on 404 page

404 Page Quality ✓ Custom 404 Page

Status Code HTTP 404 ✓Page Title LinkedIn ✓Custom Styling ✓Navigation ✓Homepage Link ✗Search Form ✓

Favicon & Branding

4 icon(s) detected

REVIEW

4 icon(s) detected

favicon.ico present at site root

HTML icon links detected

Apple touch icon present

Multiple icon sizes detected

✓ favicon.ico Present

✓ PNG Icons Present

✓ Apple Touch Present

✗ SVG Favicon Missing

✗ Manifest Icons Missing

✓ Multiple Sizes Present

Color Contrast (Screenshot)

20 text elements analyzed, 0 fail WCAG AA

REVIEW

Analyzes text contrast against the actual rendered page, including background images, gradients, and overlays that CSS-based tools cannot detect.

20 pass 2 pass AA only

Show all checked elements (20)

Element	Ratio	Required	FG	BG	Result
h2 Editor's Picks	21.00:1	3.0:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
h2 Sport	21.00:1	3.0:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
h2 Subscribe	21.00:1	3.0:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
title City A.M. \| Business…	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Skip to content	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
span City AM	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
span Main navigation	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Download free app	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
span Search for:	19.95:1	4.5:1	#000000	#F9F9F9	Pass
button Submit	20.82:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FEFEFE	Pass
a News	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a News	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Latest Business News	5.27:1	4.5:1	#000000	#907F34	Pass
a Economics	9.38:1	4.5:1	#000000	#BAB10C	Pass
a Politics	6.63:1	4.5:1	#000000	#A09145	Pass
a Banking	12.14:1	4.5:1	#000000	#CFC782	Pass
a FTSE 100 Live	10.05:1	4.5:1	#000000	#BAB495	Pass
a Tech	8.76:1	4.5:1	#000000	#B3A599	Pass
a Retail	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass
a Insurance	21.00:1	4.5:1	#000000	#FFFFFF	Pass

Methodology: The top 20 text elements by font size were checked. Background color was sampled from the desktop screenshot using a 5-point pattern. WCAG 2.1 AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.

Landmark Structure

24 landmarks

PASS

24 landmarks

<main> landmark present

21 <nav> landmark(s) found

20 of 21 <nav> elements are unlabeled

Multiple navigations need aria-label to distinguish them for screen readers.

Skip navigation link present

Page Structure — as a screen reader sees it

Multiple navigations need aria-label to distinguish them for screen readers.

Why this matters

Some <nav> elements lack aria-label — screen-reader users hear 'navigation' multiple times with no way to distinguish them.

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When a page has multiple <nav> regions (primary, footer, breadcrumb), each needs aria-label or aria-labelledby. AT users navigate by landmark; identical 'navigation' announcements force them to enter each one to discover purpose.

Source: WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices

Alt Text Quality

All 42 images OK

PASS

All 42 images OK

3 image(s) with alt text over 125 characters

4 decorative image(s) correctly marked

35 image(s) with good alt text

42 images 35 good alt text 4 decorative

Issue	Count
too long	3 image(s)

A+

Form Accessibility

All 1 controls labeled

PASS

All 1 controls labeled

1 control(s) properly labeled

1 controls

1 labeled

0 placeholder only

0 unlabeled

Control	Type	Label	Method
#search-field	search	Search for:	for/id

Link & Button Quality

172 links, 1 buttons — all OK

PASS

172 links, 1 buttons — all OK

3 link(s) open in new tab without warning

Add '(opens in new tab)' to link text or aria-label.

Got: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/city-a-m-business-news-live/id6459881626; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cityam.uk.news&pli=1; https://www.cityam.com/licensing-and-reuse-of-content/

169 link(s) with descriptive text

172 links

0 empty

0 generic text

3 new tab

0 empty buttons

Element	Text	Issue	Suggested Fix
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/city-a-m-b…	Download the City AM app via t…	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai…	Download the City AM app via t…	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text
https://www.cityam.com/licensing-and-reu…	Licensing	new tab	Add '(opens in new tab)' to text

170 links and buttons have descriptive text

Add '(opens in new tab)' to link text or aria-label.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/city-a-m-business-news-live/id6459881626; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cityam.uk.news&pli=1; https://www.cityam.com/licensing-and-reuse-of-content/

Why this matters

Links with target="_blank" without rel="noopener" leak the originating page's window context — security and UX issue.

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Without rel="noopener", the new tab can navigate the original tab via window.opener (tab-nabbing attack). Modern browsers default to noopener for target=_blank but only since recent versions. Always set rel="noopener noreferrer" explicitly.

Source: MDN target / OWASP

A+

Lighthouse Accessibility Audits

Score 96/100 — 1 failing, 25 passed

PASS

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

Best practices

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Advertising `nav.footer__brand-menus > ul#menu-city-a-m-bottom-rail-footer > li#menu-item-2404672 > a`

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●Links have a discernible name

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Skip links are focusable.

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Identical links have the same purpose.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Form elements have associated labels

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.