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October 15, 2017

Comments Off on Matt Lannigan: How my local ice hockey team Whitley Bay Sharks gave me a start in the game

At weekends, we post the most popular articles from our archive. I became interested in Ice Hockey in early 2015 […]

October 14, 2017

At weekends, we post the most popular articles from our archive. Deaf characters who appear in films and TV series often […]

October 13, 2017

Comments Off on Watch: How a Deaf Syrian father is learning BSL in Britain

In this video from the Independent, posted on Facebook, we see the story of a Deaf Syrian father, who has […]

October 13, 2017

Comments Off on Sarah Sharrock: My passion for swimming

Swimming is the sport and pastime that is drilled into many of us as children. We have lessons as part […]

October 12, 2017

So Tuesday was World Mental Heath day and this year’s theme is “mental health in the workplace”. Huh, I thought, […]

October 11, 2017

‘You can’t be a journalist’, said my school teacher during one lesson on career choices. ‘You can’t communicate, so there’s […]

October 10, 2017

-So you were born like that? -what? -you were born deaf? My hearing impairment always makes itself known at inopportune […]

October 9, 2017

Comments Off on Meet: Jenny Sealey, director of Reasons to be Cheerful, at West Yorkshire Playhouse this week

Photo by Oliver Cross. Graeae Theatre Company’s Reasons to be Cheerful will be at West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Quarry Theatre from Tuesday […]

October 9, 2017

You guys. I have been out on the road again. ‘Acting’. Guess what? Something has annoyed me. Yep. Again. Now, […]

October 9, 2017

The British Tinnitus Association has today revealed the extent of isolation felt amongst people living with the condition. Research conducted […]