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Rose Ayling-Ellis to sign CBeebies bedtime story

Actress and Strictly Come Dancing champion Rose Ayling-Ellis is to become the first celebrity to sign a CBeebies bedtime story. Ayling-Ellis, 27, who has been deaf since birth, found fame starring as Frankie Lewis in BBC soap EastEnders and went on ...

06 May 2022 at 01:25

Call for better awareness of how to communicate with people who are deaf

One in 10 members of the public would actively avoid communicating with a deaf person for fear of not knowing how to engage with them, a new poll suggests. The survey, conducted on behalf of the hearing loss charity RNID, also found that 59% of ...

04 May 2023 at 00:01

Deaf TikTok star told care worker she bought poison online month before death

A deaf TikTok star who died after ingesting a poisonous substance told a mental health service about a “pro-choice suicide forum” and lethal chemicals she had bought online a month before her death, an inquest has heard. Imogen Nunn took a ...

17 Mar 2025 at 14:22

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Woman who became deaf overnight and was ‘spat on’ for using sign language credits hearing dog for transforming her life

A young woman who woke up one day “profoundly deaf” and was later “spat on” for using sign language in public has praised her hearing dog for transforming her life. Alison Wallace, 28, based in Flintshire, Wales, woke up one morning at ...

16 May 2025 at 00:01

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