British Sign Language (BSL) is set to gain formal recognition after MPs backed the proposal. A bill requiring public bodies to promote the language will now go to the House of Lords, as it continues ...

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 ...

"I was anxious and it was a really difficult time," says Amanda Webb, with her husband Paul, after their son Hayden was diagnosed as deaf "It's heart-breaking, because all you want to do is talk to ...

Rose Ayling-Ellis is calling for the families of deaf children to get free sign language lessons on the NHS. The actor and Strictly winner, 28, who is deaf herself, has launched a campaign – backed by ...

A sign language law passed a decade ago has “brought significant benefits” to deaf people, a Holyrood committee has said, but MSPs are “concerned” about a lack of access for young people. The British ...

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 ...

Sense is inviting the UK public to “join a school like no other” with monthly British Sign Language lessons through a new subscription product, launching to coincide with Sign Language Week this week.

This week is Deaf Awareness Week, every year the event has a different theme and 2022’s theme is Deaf Inclusion. This year’s Deaf Awareness Week will highlight the impact of hearing loss on everyday ...

To mark Deaf Awareness Week last week a woman has launched her new sign language classes Babysign Bolton and Chorley. Louise Donlan who runs the Babysign Bolton and Chorley classes said: "My classes ...

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 ...

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 ...