Hearing loss 'costs UK £13.5bn' (323 clicks)
December 12 2007
A leading deaf charity says the economy is losing billions in potential earnings but too little is being spent on research

Pub staff signs to deaf customers (344 clicks)
December 12 2007
A pub in Dorset is a finalist in The National Business Awards for an innovation to cater to hearing-impaired customers.

City's new flats for deaf people (343 clicks)
December 12 2007
A ceremony is held to officially open Bristol's first purpose-built flats for deaf people.

Fire officers learn sign language (366 clicks)
December 12 2007
Fire officers installing alarms in the homes of people with hearing difficulties learn sign language.

Deaf woman 'distraught' at theft (335 clicks)
December 12 2007
A deaf woman in her 90s is left distraught after burglars steal £2,000 from her west Belfast home.

UN expert rails at Quartet policies (56 clicks)
December 12 2007
A senior UN expert says his warnings of human rights abuses in Palestinian Territories are falling on deaf ears, the BBC's Tim Franks reports.

Deaf, blind dog search abandoned (340 clicks)
December 12 2007
Rescuers call off a two-day search for a deaf and blind dog down a hole after no further sound is heard.

Technique links words to signing (328 clicks)
December 12 2007
Students at IBM develop technology to automatically convert the spoken word to British Sign Language.

Text-a-taxi for the deaf started (320 clicks)
December 12 2007
A new text message service begins in a Teesside town to help deaf people book taxis more easily.

Deaf 'role model' scheme extended (323 clicks)
December 12 2007
A pilot scheme which recruits deaf people to become role models to deaf children is extended.

Health care plea for deaf people (293 clicks)
December 12 2007
A disability charity calls on the Scottish Executive to provide dedicated mental health care for deaf people.

Blind and deaf dog's owner search (299 clicks)
December 12 2007
A woman is searching for the owners of a blind and deaf sheepdog found near her home in Ceredigion.

Deaf get emergency text service (316 clicks)
December 12 2007
A text service is launched in Cumbria to help deaf and speech impaired people contact emergency services.

Sewell leads GB deaf medal charge (241 clicks)
December 12 2007
Hammer thrower Beth Sewell wins gold for Great Britain at the European Deaf Athletics Championships in Bulgaria.

Deaf teaching centre's birthday (338 clicks)
December 12 2007
Hearing impaired students in Jersey finish their first year in a new facility at St Clement School.

School all signed up to help Ryan (355 clicks)
December 12 2007
School staff, children and their parents all learn sign language so they can talk with a young deaf pupil.

Deaf employee given compensation (337 clicks)
December 12 2007
The director of a centre for deaf people is ordered to pay a former employee compensation for discrimination.

Clubbers warned over hearing loss (324 clicks)
December 12 2007
A charity for deaf people warns that club goers who listen to loud music could lose their hearing.

Driver deafness payout threatened (322 clicks)
December 12 2007
A driver who won damages after a pothole set off an airbag with an explosion faces a court fight to keep the money.

Come again? (41 clicks)
December 12 2007
The worst forms of jargon and gobbledygook have won recognition in the Plain English Awards. So how easily can lines of corporate-speak be condensed into a pithy sentence?

Cameron in staunch Union defence (48 clicks)
December 12 2007
Conservative leader David Cameron pledges to fight the "ugly stain of separatism" north and south of the border.

Japan protests over Chinese edit (51 clicks)
December 12 2007
Japan complains after China re-writes a communique jointly drawn up by the two countries.

Second Test day two as it happened (62 clicks)
December 12 2007
Sri Lanka close day two of the second Test in Colombo at 105-2, 246 runs behind England.

Nation or state? (53 clicks)
December 12 2007
The battles in Belgium to form a government and questions over Britishness illuminate issues of identity.

North Korea opens hidden city to tourists (58 clicks)
December 12 2007
John Sudworth reports from the North Korean city of Kaesong, which has been opened up to tourists from the South.

Councils urged to translate less (48 clicks)
December 12 2007
Councils are advised to "think twice" about spending money on translation, under new government guidelines.

UK 'not a nation of Alf Garnetts' (60 clicks)
December 12 2007
Britons have a "profound sense of fairness" and are not a nation of Alf Garnetts, a minister says.

Country profile: Honduras (42 clicks)
December 12 2007
Key facts, figures and dates

Pakistan dancing girls fear Taleban (44 clicks)
December 12 2007
The Taleban are forcing girls to give up dancing in Swat in northern Pakistan, reports the BBC's M Ilyas Khan.

'They kept my daughter for a week' (122 clicks)
December 12 2007
"Susan" watched as her daughter was lured into prostitution and feels parents must be more aware of the risk.

Commons Confidential: November 2007 (74 clicks)
December 12 2007
Political correspondent Nick Assinder's daily diary from the House of Commons.

Timeline: Turkey (57 clicks)
December 12 2007
A chronology of key events

Country profile: Romania (55 clicks)
December 12 2007
Key facts, figures and dates

France-Algeria ties still strong (48 clicks)
December 12 2007
Ties between Algeria and France remain strong despite a diplomatic spat ahead of President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit.

Timeline: Iraqi Kurds (54 clicks)
December 12 2007
A chronology of key events