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The Weekend Selection: The balls, boats and books edition

December 7, 2013

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Here are the top five new blogposts from the last 7-days based on pageviews. Deaf News: Deaf footballer reaches fifty-goal […]

“Discrimination is unacceptable at any level.” World-famous Deafblind priest Father Cyril Axelrod on being awarded the OBE

December 6, 2013

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On Friday 22nd November, Dr. Father Cyril Axelrod, the world–famous deafblind priest, was awarded an OBE for services to the […]

Charlie Swinbourne: The day I saw Nelson Mandela making a speech in Trafalgar Square

December 6, 2013

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When I heard the sad news this morning that Nelson Mandela had passed away, my mind went back to a […]

Deaf News: Brits scoop three prestigious Italian film festival awards

December 6, 2013

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British Deaf Film making was given a boost this week as three awards went to British talent at the Italian […]

Deaf News: Inspiring deaf football girl selected for FA development programme

December 6, 2013

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A fourteen-year old girl from Wirral has been selected for the FA’s future stars programme, reports The Wirral Globe. Lauren […]

“Through my skills, I give people the opportunity to connect with their feelings and emotions” Meet Richard Carter, The UK’s No.1 Deaf Poet

December 5, 2013

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Richard Carter really was the poet who didn’t know it (as the English rhyming phrase goes). From watching him perform […]

Deaf News: Donaldson’s Deaf School in Scotland ordered to improve its leadership

December 5, 2013

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The Herald Scotland has reported: SCOTLAND’S national deaf school has been ordered to improve its leadership after inspectors found important […]

Deaf News: Deaffest’s Ben Steiner filmmaking bursary is back!

December 5, 2013

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Deaffest, the UK’s annual Deaf film and television festival, has announced that the Ben Steiner Bursary is back! This The […]

Watch: Interpreters translating music into sign language make headlines around the world

December 4, 2013

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Two stories have got our attention this week, about the same topic, on both sides of the Atlantic. The first […]

Richard Turner: I’m focusing on the positives not the negatives now my hearing has almost completely gone

December 3, 2013

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A couple of weeks ago my hearing dropped suddenly, virtually overnight. I woke up and everything sounded muffled and distant. […]