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Dr Sara Rhys Jones: Why we’ve launched ACTivate Your Life, a Deaf Wellbeing online course (with BSL video)

January 31, 2022
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BSL Act Now: Government supports British Sign Language Bill with ASL video

January 29, 2022
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Rosie Cooper, a white woman with short curly brown hair, wears a black jacket, pink shirt and glasses as she stands in the House of Commons.

BREAKING: British Sign Language (BSL) Bill passes second reading in Commons

January 28, 2022
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BREAKING: Channel 4 subtitles outage to be investigated by Ofcom

January 28, 2022
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'A Bill to declare British Sign Language (BSL) an official language of the United Kingdom; to provide for a British Sign Language Council to promote and advise on the use of BSL; to establish principles for the use of BSL in public services; to require public bodies to have regard to those principles and to guidance issued by the Council; and for connected purposes.'

BSL Act Now: What does the British Sign Language Bill actually say?

January 27, 2022
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Jacob Rees-Mogg, a white man with combed over black hair in a black suit, speaks at the dispatch box in the House of Commons, rows of green seats behind him.

UK Government ‘making application’ to appeal ruling that National Disability Strategy was unlawful

January 27, 2022
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Ofcom approves Sign Language Interactions as 999 BSL service provider

January 27, 2022
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'A Bill to declare British Sign Language (BSL) an official language of the United Kingdom; to provide for a British Sign Language Council to promote and advise on the use of BSL; to establish principles for the use of BSL in public services; to require public bodies to have regard to those principles and to guidance issued by the Council; and for connected purposes.'

BSL Act Now: British Sign Language Bill published ahead of second reading in Commons

January 27, 2022
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A light blue circle/tear with the purple text 'National Disability Strategy' inside it. The 'HM Government' logo is in the top left.

UK Government’s National Disability Strategy ruled unlawful over ‘inadequate’ consultation

January 25, 2022
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BSL Bill’s second reading raises hopes for legal status for BSL

January 25, 2022
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