Children can now benefit from an interactive online lesson that has been launched to teach them how to use sign language. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Milton Keynes Citizen, you get 70 ...

Co Down’s Peter Gault was 17 when he first saw someone use sign language. It happened when he turned up for the first day of a summer tennis coaching job only to discover that the school was aimed at ...

On 4 July 1971, Hanabiko the gorilla – known as Koko – was born at San Francisco Zoo. Any gorilla born in captivity could reasonably expect a degree of public attention but Koko captured the ...

Sign languages aren’t easy to learn and are even harder to teach. They use not just hand gestures but also mouths, facial expressions and body posture to communicate meaning. This complexity means ...

For deaf children, teachers and scientists, talking about things like "greenhouse gases" or "carbon footprint" used to mean spelling out long, complex scientific terms, letter by letter. Now they are ...