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Deaf News: PM challenged by MP over ‘shameful’ lack of BSL interpreter

January 13, 2021 by

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Boris Johnson has been grilled by MPs over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, including his failure to provide a […]

Liam O’Dell: Cultural Appropriation 2.0? Deaf actors on hearing performers learning BSL

January 8, 2021 by

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Following a semi-viral Twitter thread on hearing people learning sign language, Liam O’Dell speaks to actors Alim Jayda and Emily […]

Deaf News: UK Government COVID guidance requires Year 9 reading age, report finds

December 16, 2020 by

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The “majority” of written government guidance on the coronavirus demands a Year 9 level of reading to understand it, a […]

Revealed: UK Government to fund BSL interpretation of COVID briefings on social media

December 11, 2020 by

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The Cabinet Office is to provide British Sign Language (BSL) access to future coronavirus briefings on its social media accounts, […]

Revealed: UK Government provided own BSL interpreter for vaccine briefing

December 9, 2020 by

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Downing Street has confirmed that it provided an online British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for its press conference on the […]

Liam O’Dell: Celebrating my Freedom in a George Michael music video

December 4, 2020 by

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“I think there’s something you should know”, mouths a model in the music video for George Michael’s hit single, Freedom! ’90. Thirty […]

Deaf News: Interpreting union warns of the ‘normalisation’ of video relay with new campaign

November 23, 2020 by

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The National Union of British Sign Language Interpreters (NUBSLI) has expressed concern that video relay services (VRS) may become the […]

Deaf News: Ofcom delays plans for 999 BSL video relay service

October 28, 2020 by

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Proposals for a video relay service for British Sign Language signers to contact emergency services have been delayed, it has […]

Deaf News: Pressure mounts on Government and Labour as #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign progresses

October 16, 2020 by

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Calls for UK political leaders to make their coronavirus statements accessible to the Deaf community have ramped up this week, […]

Deaf News: Where Is The Interpreter campaign launches Deaf Walk fundraiser

September 21, 2020 by

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Deaf presenter Lynn Stewart-Taylor is to walk from Cardiff to London next month, to raise funds for the Where Is […]

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