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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: 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: YouTuber Saffron Barker’s deaf documentary is more pity than positivity

December 4, 2020 by

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It shouldn’t be a surprise that a social media star, who still fails to manually caption her Instagram and YouTube […]

Deaf News: Three in four mask wearers don’t know how to communicate with deaf people

November 20, 2020 by

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Only a quarter of UK adults know how to communicate with deaf people whilst wearing a face mask, a YouGov […]

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 […]

Liam O’Dell: Approach the UK Government’s clear mask announcement with caution

September 16, 2020 by

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Let’s take a step back – perhaps at the recommended two metres – and take another look at the news […]

Exclusive: BBC declined Government request to show signed Coronavirus briefings on BBC One

August 24, 2020 by

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The BBC refused a request from Government officials to broadcast the daily coronavirus briefings on BBC One with a British […]

Deaf News: Deaf brothers chosen for national Entrepreneurial Spark programme

February 12, 2015 by

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Two deaf brothers are taking part in the UK-wide Entrepreneurial Spark programme, launched in Birmingham this month in partnership with […]

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