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• help a website work more efficiently (by remembering what items or pages were last looked at)

• allow the visitor to perform certain tasks (such as storing items in a shopping basket or logging into a restricted area)

• provide information to the website owner about how visitors use and navigate the website

You can find out more about cookies by visiting: www.allaboutcookies.org/

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Cookies on this website.

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Google Analytics.

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