British Sign Language (BSL) is the primary or preferred language of the British Deaf community. There are around 151,000 BSL users, of whom 87,000 are deaf. A common misconception is that BSL has the ...

A new law has been introduced in Northern Ireland that will make sign language accessible across the public sector, while ...

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 ...

St Andrew's Hospital in Northampton has released a video showing a Christmas song in sign language. Daniel Jillings, 17, has been campaigning for signing to be a taught language since he was 12.

Which products to learn sign language are best? Sign language features its own structure. It is one of the most popular languages in the United States and varies in structure across the world. There ...

The first deaf contestant on Strictly Come Dancing has inspired a surge in people learning British Sign Language. The director of one firm offering BSL courses told Radio 1 Newsbeat enrolments have ...

Communicating in British Sign Language can be hard enough – imagine trying to do it in a different language and lacking the ...

Jean Fenton, who wears hearing aids, said she found formal sign language lessons too expensive A space where hearing and deaf people can gather to share a coffee and conversation has been set up to ...