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British Sign Language GCSE consultation delayed to ‘early 2023’ with plans to teach from 2025

October 28, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

The consultation on draft subject content for a British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE has been delayed again to early 2023, […]

EE and BT Sport launch ‘New Signing’ campaign for BSL sports commentators

October 27, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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The mobile network EE and broadcaster BT Sport have joined forces on a new project which will see two British […]

Gabriella Leon, Nadia Nadarajah and Chris Fonseca among performers at ‘About Time’ showcase

October 26, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Former Casualty actress Gabriella Leon, stage star Nadia Nadarajah and dancer Chris Fonseca are set to perform at BAFTA on Friday, in […]

New research project to investigate experiences and needs of deaf migrants

October 24, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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The experiences and needs of deaf migrants living in London are set to be explored in a new study by […]

Watch: England Deaf Women’s Futsal team lift up trophy as European champions

October 22, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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England’s Deaf Women’s Futsal team have lifted up the winner’s trophy after defeating Spain in the European Championship final – […]

Almost 20% of UK heritage sites have made ‘no improvement’ in online access information since 2018, survey finds

October 19, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Nearly a fifth of the UK’s museums and heritage sites have not updated their website in the past four years […]

Interview: Deaf actress Katie Erich on ‘The Solid Life of Sugar Water’ at the Orange Tree Theatre

October 19, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Ahead of the press night for The Solid Life of Sugar Water this evening, The Limping Chicken’s Liam O’Dell sat […]

Broadcasters ‘working together’ on emergency subtitles following Channel 4 outage, Sky says

October 15, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Channel 4’s subtitles outage last year made broadcasters “stand up and think” and work together on support for deaf viewers, […]

NHS Trust poster advertises BSL services with ASL alphabet

October 15, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

A British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting agency has apologised after a poster for communication services at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals (WAH) […]

Deafblind actor receives apology after captioning device user was accused of recording theatre show

October 14, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

A deafblind actor and activist was accused of recording a performance of Hadestown, when she was actually using a captioning device […]