This website allows people to contribute to the site, by offering comments or reponses.  These contributions are moderated, meaning they are checked to make sure they don’t break our rules before they are published.

Should you have further questions, or want to make a complaint about content, please email us at the addresses on the website.

We do not remove comments where people disagree about the facts in one of our web posts. People are entitled to their honestly held opinions, provided they identify the facts on which the opinion is based. Posting untrue statements is against the law if they cause serious harm to a person’s reputation or are likely to do so.  So, we do not approve comments where we judge there is not a lawful basis for their publication.

Relevance, civility and decency

Relevance: comments must be relevant to the web post they are linked to.

Be civil: please ensure that your contributions are respectful of others. We will not approve contributions that are unlawful, harassing, abusive, threatening, obscene, sexually suggestive, racist, homophobic or sexist, or that incite or promote hatred of any group or individual.

Writing in capitals: do not overuse capital letters – on the internet this is regarded as “shouting” and many people find it offensive.

Abusive language: comments containing swearing will not be published.

English: all comment on the website must be made in English. Comments in other languages will not be published.

Stereotypes: comments that stereotype sections of society will not be published.

Multiple posts: duplicate comments or repeats of identical comments will not be published.

Personal information

To help protect privacy, any information you contribute that reveals personal information, such as names, phone numbers, email addresses, Twitter handles, addresses and so on will be removed. Any posts attempting to use the site to exchange personal information or arrange meetings with another user will not be published.

Threats: comments containing threats of public fear, terrorism or threats towards any individual are not permitted.

Further information

Copyright of your contributions

Your contributions to our website are published to the general public. In submitting your comments you assign all rights to our website for use and publication of your contribution. If you are unwilling to grant our website copyright to your contribution you should not submit it to the site.

Action we may take

A breach of any of our rules can lead to your comment not being approved. Repeated or serious breaches of our rules may lead to our website blocking contributions from your email address.  We reserve the right to delete any content at any time for any reason and are under no obligation to publish any contributions. We reserve the right to alter or update the house rules or terms and conditions at any time.