CBBC’s Newsround to launch daily BSL bulletins

Posted on April 1, 2022 by


Left, the purple CBBC Newsround against a blue and purple gradient background. Right, a white man with glasses and short black hair looks at the logo and smiles. He is an in-vision British Sign Language interpreter.

The popular children’s news programme Newsround, which celebrates its 50th anniversary on Monday, is to launch a daily version of the show in British Sign Language (BSL).

The move, announced by the BBC on Thursday, will see a BSL bulletin made available on their website every day.

“To reach even more children, from spring onwards Newsround will be launching the first ever BSL version of the show.

“Each weekday the online bulletin will include a sign language interpreter and, in the near future, transcribed subtitles will also be introduced,” the broadcaster said.

BSL versions of the programme’s daily bulletins will begin from 19 April.

Photo: @BBCNewsround/Twitter.

By Liam O’Dell. Liam is an award-winning Deaf freelance journalist and campaigner from Bedfordshire. He can be found talking about disability, theatre, politics and more on Twitter and on his website.

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