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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 […]

Watch: Deaf father forced to use hearing son as interpreter for insurance phone call

November 27, 2020 by

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Deaf people have voiced their frustration after a video surfaced on social media showing a hearing son having to interpret […]

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: 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: BBC News to expand clear masks for reporters after successful trial period

November 10, 2020 by

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BBC News will now be looking to roll out clear masks to more journalists for use when working after an […]

Deaf News: Subtitled events double as Captioning Awareness Week begins

November 9, 2020 by

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The captioning charity Stagetext has reported a 110% increase in live subtitled events from April to October this year, as […]

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 […]