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Royal Mail worker Ian Barrington, who lives in Thorney, Cambridgeshire, had asked for help with a disabled ramp on a First Bus on November 4. Mr Barrington only speaks English.

Karen Forshaw, 49, sparked outrage after mobile phone footage emerged showing her arguing with wheelchair user Ian Barrington during a dispute on a bus in Peterborough.

The former One Direction singer, 25, revealed he's picked up Italian and sign language in a bid to keep himself entertained during coronavirus isolation.

Radio host Mike Hosking challenged the New Zealand Prime Minister for saying level four lockdown is to be extended by 'two business days' when retailers will be missing out on five days of trade.

Body language expert Judi James told FEMAIL how Kate took the lead at the couple's engagements in Ireland, illustrating the 'energy and power she is putting in as she steps up to the plate'.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were reunited with Prince William and Kate for the first time in four months, and the last time before they bow out of royal duties and move to North America.

Body language expert Judi James has analysed footage of the Cambridges with their three children as they led the weekly Clap For Carers from their Norfok Home, Anmer Hall, last night.

COMMENT BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: In the editor's notes in this year's Wisden I suggested the English game has a problem with unconscious bias - which is not the same as overt racism.

Donald Trump told Jeb Bush to speak only English in the United States, but at the same time the billionaire's luxury hotel is seeking Spanish speakers in Florida.

Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush delivered parallel messages on Tuesday - one in Spanish, another in English - as he took a sharp swipe at frontrunner Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn awkwardly walked side by side during the State Opening of Parliament this morning, with Mr Corbyn striking a furious pose.

Body language expert Judi James said the 'huge spatial gap' between Theresa May and Angela Merkel in Berlin today gave the suggestion of 'further separation rather than unity'.

Body language expert Jude James says Boris looked anxious today in Berlin as the PM met Angela Merkel for a meeting about reopening Brexit negotiations.

The technology has been built into the Michigan-based car manufacturer's Sync systems and is powered by software built by Nuance.

Adam Schiff claimed that Donald Trump engages in 'organized crime speak' after the president took a hit at the Intelligence chairman for his role in the impeachment proceedings.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has tweaked its rules for the Golden Globes in regard to the foreign language film category, amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to Variety, HFPA has announced that foreign language films will not need a theatrical release in their own country to be eligible for the 2021 Golden Globes. Earlier there was a rule that foreign films must be released in their country of origin during the 15-month period from October 1 to December 31 prior to the awards. Foreign-language motion pictures that had a bona fide theatrical release planned to begin in their country of origin during the period from March 15 until a date to be determined by HFPA when cinemas in that country have generally reopened, may instead be released in any country in any format and will still be eligible for the Golden Globe foreign-language motion picture awards, the new rule states. The films can be released in motion picture format such as in theatres or on pay-per-view ..

Indian cinema has, of late, witnessed high-decibel debates over the desirability of dubbing Hindi films into regional languages. But does dubbing really pose a threat to vernacular cinema? Shoma Chatterji explores.

The multi-faceted Gulzar, revered equally in intellectual literary and mainstream film circles, was recently bestowed the 45th Dadasaheb Phalke Award. In this interview with Shoma Chatterji, the venerable Gulzar Sahib speaks of his art, his career in Indian cinema, and the changes he has seen over the years.

The latest vocational education courses are presenting job opportunities for high school graduates that their poor parents lacked. Institutes conducting bilingual training are particularly helpful for students who are very likely to have not schooled in English medium. Padmalatha Ravi has more.

For a miniscule community of East-Bengali origin living in in Maharashtra, it has been a long struggle for the right to learn in their mother tongue. The community has won some victories recently, and much more remains to be done. Aparna Pallavi reports.

The photography workshops by Canon will be hosted online throughout the month of May, and represent a wide variety of photography topics.

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Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Singapore : Springer, [2019]

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Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, c2019.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Singapore : Springer, [2019]

Singapore : Springer, c2019.

Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2019 ; Imprint Springer.

Singapore : Springer, [2019]

The first Bible to be printed in America was special for many reasons, but perhaps the most remarkable is this: It was translated into a language that most English colonists couldn’t read. A Geneva Bible, it was printed in Natick, an Algonquin language spoken by the Massachusett people who lived on the land surrounding the...

The post The Fascinating Story of the First American Bible, a Native American Language Translation from 1663 appeared first on Behind The Scenes.

[Ottawa] : House of Commons, Canada, 2018

Dewey Library - GE197.Z83 2019

In this narrative medicine essay, a resident physician recalls the joy she felt while learning the formal language of medicine as a student and anticipates the lifelong joy of learning to interpret that language in ways most helpful for her patients.

Woods, Steven

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Procedure Committee, author, issuing body

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Dewey Library - HF5821.5.B87 2020

Sangster, Rodney B., 1942- author.

Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2007

Hayden Library - PN1995.9.H47 H65 2019