Your safety
Using this site safely
If someone else uses or checks your phone or computer, these steps make it harder for them to see that you were here.
Leave quickly
Every page has an Exit this page button at the top. You can also press Shift three times. Either one hides this page at once and opens the BBC weather page in its place.
The page you were on is replaced, so pressing Back will not return to it. Other pages of this site you visited before may still be in your history.
Use a private window
A private window does not keep history after you close it. Open one before you visit this site:
- Chrome or Edge: press Ctrl + Shift + N. On a phone, open the menu and choose New Incognito tab (Chrome) or New InPrivate tab (Edge).
- Firefox: press Ctrl + Shift + P.
- Safari on a Mac: choose File, then New Private Window. On an iPhone, open the tabs view and choose Private.
Clear this site from your history
If you did not use a private window, open your history (Ctrl + H in most browsers) and delete only the entries for this site. Deleting all of your history can itself be noticed.
What this site keeps
This site sets no cookies. It does not use analytics or advertising trackers, and it loads nothing from other companies. If you send a contact request, our privacy notice explains what happens to it.
If your devices may be watched
Spyware, or an account someone else can sign in to, can show what you do even in a private window. If you think that is happening, use a device the other person cannot reach, such as a trusted friend’s phone or a library computer.
Other places to get help now
These services are free and independent of us.
- National Domestic Abuse Helpline (Refuge)
- 0808 2000 247
- Open 24 hours, every day.
- Men’s Advice Line
- 0808 8010 327
- For men experiencing domestic abuse.
- Galop National LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline
- 0800 999 5428
- For LGBT+ people experiencing domestic abuse.
- Childline
- 0800 1111
- For anyone under 19.