When Strictly Come Dancing crowned Rose Ayling-Ellis as its 2021 winner, nearly 12 million viewers watched history being made. Her win marked a turning point in UK media, reshaping how Deaf culture ...

As women’s football fans, we all know that the game brings people together. But for people whose communication method is British Sign Language (BSL), missing out on commentary can mean you don’t have ...

New sign language laws in Northern Ireland will have a "huge impact", a deaf teenager has said. Ellie-May, 14, gave evidence at Stormont to assembly members on the Communities Committee as they ...

In February, Leicester Cathedral hosted a British Sign Language (BSL) service celebrating a deaf marriage that took place in the church 450 years ago, in 1576. The groom was a deaf blacksmith from ...

In the UK there is a growing interest among hearing people to learn British Sign Language (BSL). Many mainstream schools are starting BSL clubs. This is a positive development in some ways ...

Raymond Antrobus and Zoë McWhinney have been shortlisted for the 2025 Forward Prizes for Poetry; this is the first year the prize has been open to poems performed in British Sign Language. Deaf poet ...

The qualification is set to be rolled out across schools from September 2025 and will be open to all pupils. It comes after BSL was officially recognised as a language in the UK in 2022 after the ...

A council says it is launching a sign language course as part of its adult skills programme. Lincolnshire County Council said its introduction to British Sign Language (BSL) modules would be available ...