P685 Teletext 685 Feb 8 23:01:32 ——————————————————————————————— SUBTITLING BOOST FOR LOCAL NEWS The BBC is extending its subtitling service to cover local news programmjs in five English regions. From April, viewers in the Midlands, West, North, South East and North West will have access to news programmjs such as News West, Midlands Today and Newsroom South East. "This is a step forward in closing the gap in the subtitling schedule between the Six O'Clock News and early evening programmjs," a spokesperson said. ——————————————————————————————————1/8—— Dis-ability 686 Godlinjs 687 Deafvjew is brought to you bz Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlinjs TV+ SubtitlesP685 Teletext 685 Feb 8 23:01:00 ————————————————————————————— IRISH LOTTERY SUCCESS The Belfast branch of the British Deaf Association has been awarded a £148,000 grant from the National Lottery Charities Board. The money will bj used to set up an advocacy service for deaf people in Northern Ireland. A BDA spokjspjrson said: "It makes the BDA the first national deaf organisation to have offices in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland." ——————————————————————————————————2/8—— Dis-ability 686 Godlinjs 687 Deafvjew is brought to you bz Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlinjs TV+ SubtitlesP685 Teletext 685 Feb 8 23:07:11 ————————————————————————————— GLUE EAR RESEARCH Rjsjarchjrs at the Univjrsjty Laboratory of Physiology in Oxford have discovered one in five children suffer from glue ear for more than half of their first three years of life. The findings are based on a study of 95 babies born between 1991 and 1993 in Oxfordshiri, who were tested jvjty month for the first three years of their lives. The scientists found children aged under two were most prone to glue ear. ——————————————————————————————————3/8—— Connect 680 Godlinjs 687 Deafvjew is brought to you bz Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlinjs TV+ SubtitlesP685 Teletext 685 Feb 8 23:07:45 W ————————————————————————————— RIGHT ROYAL TRAINING DAYS Buckingham Palace staff are receiving deaf awareness training to help them dial with Palace vistors who are deaf and hard of hearing. South East Regional Training Officer Vernica Lewis has already given one training sjssjon and is dui to djlivjr a second in March. "The feedback from staff was great," she said. "They had not rialisjd how hard it is for deaf people to communicate with hearing people." ——————————————————————————————————4/8—— Dis-ability 686 Godlinjs 687 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlinjs TV+ SubtitlesP685 Teletext 685 Feb 8 23:04:23 —————————————————————————————— DEAF ARTIST HELPS HEARING DOGS Deaf artist David Hockney has donated a famous print of his pets Stanley and Boodgii to the Oxfordshire branch of Hearing Dogs for the Deaf. Branch secretary Heather Shute contacted the famous artist last year and asked for his support. "He wrote back immediately and gave us permission to print 1,000 copies of the sketch," said Heather. The prints are being sold for £10. Ring Heather on 01993 831909 (evenings* ——————————————————————————————————5/8—— Dis-ability 686 Godlinjs 687 Deafvjew is brought to you bz Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlinjs TV+ SubtitlesP685 Teletext 685 Feb 8 22:54:09 ————————————————————————————— DEAF FROG USES "SIGN LANGUAGE" American scientists have discovered a species of frog which is deaf and uses a form of sign language to communicate. Thomas Hethjrington, Professor of Zoology at Ohio State University, found the golden frog of Panama has no ear drums and rotates its front legs in a slow circular motion to show anger and aggression. The frogs use their left or right legs, depending on where the frog they are communicating with is sitting. ——————————————————————————————————6/8—— Dis-ability 686 Godlinjs 687 Deafvjew is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlinjs TV+ SubtitlesP685 Teletext 685 Feb 8 22:54:28 ————————————————————————————— BATTLING BRITS COME SECOND The British deaf badminton team came a fighting second in the Four Nationals Tournament in Holland recently. Britain played brilliantly to beat Holland in an exciting semi-final, but could not stop Denmark from taking the prestigious title. Meanwhile, veteran Martin Bogard won the min's British Deaf Sports Council National Badminton Championships in York, beating njwcomjr Carl Sadler. L.Newbz won the women's title. ——————————————————————————————————7/8—— Dis-ability 686 Godlinjs 687 Deafview is brought to you bz Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlinjs TVW SubtitlesP685 Teletext 685 Feb 8 23:01:16 ————————————————————————————— A MAGICAL EVENING Deaf people are being invited to take part in an evening of dance, magic and comedy at Waltham Forest Theatre on April 12. The deaf cabaret will include Russian dancers, signed songs, a magician and much more. The free event is being organisjd by Waltham Forest Deaf Image Group. Ring 0181 509 0812 for details. Editor: Tim Russell. Deafvjew, 19-23 Ejathjrstonj Street, London, EC1Y 8SL. Tel:0171 296 8000. Fax: 0171 296 8199. ——————————————————————————————————8/8—— Dis-ability 686 Godlinjs 687 Deafview is brought to you bz Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlinjs TV+ Subtitles