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Liam O’Dell: Why I co-created a Twitter bot for BSL interpreter requests

July 18, 2022 by

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Not all social media bots are bad. For those of you who – like me – are avid Twitter users,  […]

Over 25,000 people call for more accessible video on-demand services

July 13, 2022 by

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Deaf campaigners were among those who handed in a petition to government on Tuesday demanding improved accessibility for video on-demand […]

Work on BSL Advisory Council ‘will continue to go ahead’ following Boris Johnson’s resignation, DWP confirm

July 8, 2022 by

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Recruitment for the council advising the UK Government on British Sign Language (BSL) will “continue to go ahead”, despite Boris […]

Improved support for deaf children born to hearing parents to be explored in £1m study

July 4, 2022 by

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Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are to investigate how to best help deaf children from hearing families […]

Channel 4 faces further ‘technical issues’ as several shows come without subtitles on All 4

July 1, 2022 by

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Channel 4 has reaffirmed its commitment to have 100% of shows on its All 4 streaming service subtitled by the […]

BSL Advisory Board will have ‘minimum of 16 members’

July 1, 2022 by

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The non-statutory group of British Sign Language (BSL) users advising the UK Government on the BSL Act will be made […]

Further advisory council details revealed as British Sign Language Act comes into force

June 29, 2022 by

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The non-statutory advisory board advising on the British Sign Language (BSL) Act will be made up of nine BSL users, […]

Channel 4 ‘breached licence conditions’ over subtitles outage, Ofcom investigation concludes

June 20, 2022 by

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Channel 4 breached the conditions of its broadcast licence when it suffered a subtitles outage last year, an investigation by […]

999 BSL service enables Deaf signers to contact emergency services

June 17, 2022 by

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A video relay service (VRS) which will enable Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users to contact emergency services in their […]

Play area signage encourages Sussex children to sign

June 16, 2022 by

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Sussex children will now be able to learn British Sign Language (BSL) while playing with friends, after a council-funded initiative […]

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