If you have tried to use Google today you will have seen the latest Doodle to appear on their search homepage and it is an especially good one this time. Since it is back-to-school week, today’s ...

Starting from the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, a British Sign Language (BSL) class will be available to GCSE students (aged 15-16). The two-year BSL curriculum will include at least 750 ...

Sign language is a system of communication using visual gestures and signs used by deaf people who cannot, or only partially, hear sound. It is seen as being a natural language with its own grammar ...

Rose Ayling-Ellis. who was the first deaf contestant on Strictly, wants free BSL lessons made available Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis wants sign language lessons to be made freely available to people who ...

Why the hell not?! British Sign Language (BSL) might be a lot easier to learn than you think (Picture: CityLit) You might have considered learning French or Spanish as a second language, but what ...

The lack of opportunities to learn BSL is not just a deaf issue; in fact, the survey found young people without hearing impairments were actually more interested in BSL. Over 90% of young people ...

At the Dialogue Express Café in East London, lattes come with a side of British Sign Language classes. Run entirely by deaf and hard-of-hearing staff, the café is operated by an organization called ...

British Sign Language (BSL) will be taught as a GCSE in England from September 2025, the government says. It says the qualification will be open to all pupils, who will learn about 1,000 signs, as ...

It might surprise you to learn that British Sign Language (or simply BSL) has not historically been a legally-recognised language in the United Kingdom. After all, it was only last month that ...

Big-hearted neighbours of a six-year-old deaf girl have rallied together so she can trick or treat for the first time. Ada Hawkes was diagnosed as profoundly deaf aged 18 months and British Sign ...