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March 19, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: #WhereIsTheInterpreter reaches fundraising goal as campaign hits £20,000 target

An online fundraising campaign for #WhereIsTheInterpreter has today reached its target of £20,000 to challenge the UK Government’s refusal to […]

March 15, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill finally allows Deaf jurors to have a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter […]

March 10, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

The deaf health charity SignHealth has said they are “very concerned” about the future of BSL Health Access, with NHS […]

March 9, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

British Sign Language (BSL) users will be able to take part in jury service under new Government proposals unveiled today. […]

February 25, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: Zoom to offer free automatic captions to all users by autumn 2021

The video conferencing app Zoom has announced that it plans to make automatic captions free and available to all users […]

February 15, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Lawyers acting on behalf of deaf activists have submitted a second statement to the High Court, in the latest development […]

February 10, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

The Women and Equalities Select Committee has published a written response from the Prime Minister in relation to the provision […]

January 29, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Liam O’Dell: Social media’s move towards audio and what this means for deaf people

Social media platforms are pretty obsessed with audio at the moment. For years we’ve had voice memos and audio-visual content […]

January 21, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

The chair of the House of Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee, Caroline Nokes, has criticised the UK Government’s decision to […]

December 18, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Legal proceedings have been launched against the Cabinet Office over its failure to provide a British Sign Language interpreter for […]