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Controversy has erupted over the Baftas after the BBC initially failed to edit out a racial slur shouted by John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome. The Guardian explores what vocal tics are, and how they should be understood.

An upcoming Peppa Pig episode in which George gets a hearing aid could help to “remove some stigma” around hearing loss, the head teacher of a prominent school for deaf children said. Paul Burrows, head teacher at the Royal School for the Deaf in Derby, said the story was “very important” in helping deaf children “not feel so different”.

Alton Towers will not allow some people with conditions like autism, ADHD and anxiety to use their disability queuing system this February half-term. They say the number of people requesting the pass has been increasing, adding that disabled visitors have said the system “simply isn’t working for them” and that “queue times for these guests have increased”.

Controversy has erupted over the Baftas after the BBC initially failed to edit out a racial slur shouted by John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome. The Guardian explores what vocal tics are, and how they should be understood.

Deaf people say a shortage of interpreters working with the NHS has left them feeling misunderstood, frustrated and facing delays to treatment. Millie Neadley, 22, from Hull, said she had a “frustrating” year-long wait for surgery on a broken nose after appointments were cancelled because a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter was not available.