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Elm Tree Primary Academy, in Lowestoft, Suffolk, has decided to replace French and Spanish lessons with basic BSL tutoring. Staff have been inspired by former pupil Daniel Jillings. Born deaf, he has been a passionate campaigner for wider use of BSL and successfully fought for it to be made a GCSE subject from 2025.

Doctor Who star Ruth Madeley has said the new accessible ramp on the Tardis is “for every disabled kid”. A wheelchair-friendly ramp attached to the Time Lord’s space craft was unveiled during the third episode of the BBC sci-fi drama’s 60th anniversary specials.

Children from Derby’s Royal School for the Deaf have begun a year-long project with firefighters to improve communication between deaf people and the emergency services.

New findings shared exclusively with ITV News appear to show that being an ethnic minority and having a disability is one the greatest barriers to being on television, with campaigners arguing that TV is failing to represent the whole of society.

A four-year-old girl has been able to meet Santa properly for the first time, thanks to a volunteer elf trained in sign language. Emily, from Goole, East Yorkshire, is profoundly deaf and had been let down four times by grotto attractions which promised a British Sign Language (BSL) service. Her brother’s school had heard about their struggles and took to social media to search for an interpreter for their festive fair.