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Thank you Chris for your suggestions. I looked on settings and everything is already toggled off. So I don't know what to do next. Sorry to be so long in replying, just getting going on here. Too busy with all the Sunday crosswords!
In desperation I switched back from safari to chrome. I soon remembered why I stopped using chrome. Whilst typing you get knocked off chrome to some odd site somewhere. It happens over and over again. I typed this five times before I nearly threw the iPad at the wall!!