PRIMARY school headteachers are being urged to roll out sign language lessons to all of their pupils in a bid to improve standards. Debbie Reynolds, who runs the School of Sign, Blackburn, said that ...

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 ...

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 ...

A primary school in Suffolk has become one of the first in the country to add British Sign Language (BSL) to their curriculum. Staff at Elm Tree Primary Academy were inspired by one of their former ...

A married couple have helped more than 2,500 people learn British Sign Language (BSL) across the county and beyond. Husband and wife Russell Fowler and Rachael Parker, from Bognor, founded their BSL ...

Former Cabinet Minister Chloe Smith has hit out at local councils that are refusing to fund sign language lessons for deaf children. It comes after The Mail on Sunday revealed that some parents are ...

Staff at a Southend-based theme park have been learning British Sign Language in a bid to be a welcoming place for everyone. Adventure Island, in Western Esplanade, has had a visit from Sign Away BSL ...

"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 ...

The kind-hearted neighbours of a little deaf girl have rallied together so she can experience trick or treating for the first time. Ada Hawkes, who is now six years old, was diagnosed as being ...

A deaf contestant will feature on Great British Bake Off for the first time this year. The presenters, including Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood, are learning sign language to be able to pass on advice ...

"I just embrace it. I have my hair up all the time. I don't mind people seeing me being deaf." Lucy, 18, uses hearing aids and says she feels included and supported at her high school in Ipswich.