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Links to interesting or useful external sites

Updated 10 November 2022

On this page:
Search • Email • COVID • Health • Internet safety • BBC sites • Inspiration • Councils

Some search engines on the web

  • Google search
  • DuckDuckGo

Some email providers on the web

  • Google (Gmail, seniors.org.uk, bold.org.uk)
  • Microsoft (Hotmail, Live, Outlook)
  • Yahoo
  • BT Internet
  • Fastmail (recommended)
  • ProtonMail (recommended)

COVID

  • COVID information and advice

Health

  • Healthtalk
  • Lab Tests Online
  • NHS Choices
  • NHS 11
  • Patient.info

Internet safety

  • Get Safe Online
  • Online Safety Bill – what to expect
  • How secure is my password?
  • How to protect yourself against spearphishing
  • Which magazine scam alerts service
  • Have I been pwned?
  • The Genuine Article: Tackling Misinformation (OfCom podcast, 21 minutes)

BBC sites

  • BBC Home
  • BBC News
    • Cost of Living
    • War in Ukraine
    • Ukrainecast
  • BBC Weather
  • BBC Food
  • BBC Ideas
  • BBC Earth
  • BBC Sign-up

Inspiration

  • Campaign to End Loneliness
  • Centre for Ageing Better
  • The Conversation

Council sites

  • Hackney Council
  • Haringey Council
  • Islington Council
  • Tower Hamlets Council
  • Waltham Forest Council

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