Hazel Joel, 25, from Sheffield, signed up to the course after moving to London and joining a rugby team called Bec Belles, ...

This year's Strictly Come Dancing's Deaf contestant Rose Ayling-Ellis has inspired Strictly fans to want to learn British sign language. Rose and Strictly pro dancer Giovanni Pernice gave a ...

Energetic teenager Tyrese Dibba loves talking to people – but being Deaf means not everyone speaks his language. This is why the inspirational schoolboy used lockdown to teach more people to ...

Sign language resources now exists for the menopause thanks to a game-changing new initiative. Until now, there was no universally agreed guidance to translate terms such as hot flushes for deaf women ...

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 ...

‘British Sign Language has been created and evolved through generations,’ explains online content creator, Sam Egerton-Kemp. ‘To see hearing people culturally appropriating our language on social ...

There are many different ways of speaking English in the UK, with people using different regional dialects in different parts of the country. For example, some people would say “give it me” while ...

Daniel Jillings, 12, want to be able to sit a GCSE in British Sign Language when he takes his exams A GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL) could be introduced in the UK before the next general election ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The rollout of the BSL technology that translates the bank’s ...