British Sign Language
Strictly winner to make TV history reading CBeebies bedtime story

Strictly winner to make TV history reading CBeebies bedtime story

She will use sign language and only speak twice in the episode Rose Ayling-Ellis will make history today when she becomes the first celebrity to sign a CBeebies bedtime story. The EastEnders actress and Strictly Come Dancing winner, who was born deaf, will mark the end of Deaf Awareness Week by using British Sign Language to […]

4 years ago

Why are there no sign language interpreters at Boris’ press briefings?

Why are there no sign language interpreters at Boris’ press briefings?

Why are there no sign language interpreters at national Covid-19 press briefings? When press briefings are held in Scotland and Wales, a British Sign Language interpreter has been stood a safe two metres away from anyone else, translating what has been for members of the deaf community watching at home. But at the national press […]

6 years ago