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Parents celebrate ‘huge win’ as planned staffing cuts to deaf unit at Islington primary school scrapped

March 6, 2023 by

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Planned cuts to specialist staff at Laycock Primary School’s deaf unit in Islington will no longer go ahead, in what’s […]

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

March 19, 2021 by

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

Liam O’Dell: The Government’s new bill gives Deaf people more rights, but may threaten our right to protest

March 15, 2021 by

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

Deaf News: Campaign calls on UN to recognise language deprivation in Rights of the Child convention

February 23, 2021 by

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A campaign has been launched calling on the United Nations to expand its Convention on the Rights of the Child […]

Deaf News: UK Government contests #WhereIsTheInterpreter, saying legal claim serves ‘no practical purpose’

February 9, 2021 by

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Lawyers acting on behalf of the UK Government have asked the High Court to reject a judicial review over #WhereIsTheInterpreter, […]

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 […]

BREAKING: UK Government sued over lack of sign language interpreter at COVID briefings

December 18, 2020 by

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

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: BBC News Channel to only offer BSL interpretation for ministerial COVID briefings

September 22, 2020 by

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The BBC News Channel will only provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for coronavirus press conferences from the Prime […]

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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