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Oban blind man could voice Lidl's new self-checkouts

An Oban man who lost his sight is a finalist in Lidl’s competition to find the new Scottish voice for its self-checkouts. Alan MacDonald volunteers with RNIB, is among over 5,000 entrants.

Posted Wednesday, 16 July 2025 News type: News story

Time Addressable Media Store (TAMS)

BBC R&D have been working on a way to speed up the content creation process which may also give audio describers more time to work on AD tracks.

Posted Wednesday, 16 July 2025 News type: Article

I Dream in Colour: Blind artist brings show to Edinburgh Fringe

Jasmine Thien is a blind actor, writer, poet, and stand-up comedian who is bringing her one woman show ‘I Dream in Colour’ to the Edinburgh fringe Festival this August.

Posted Tuesday, 15 July 2025 News type: News story

NHS Accessible Information Standard: find out what's changed in England

Blind and partially sighted people have a legal right to receive accessible health and care information and communication support, but far too often this right is not being turned into a reality.

Posted Monday, 14 July 2025 News type: News story

Welfare Reforms Bill: RNIB response

Posted Thursday, 10 July 2025

What was the outcome of UK MPs final vote on the welfare bill?

It’s been a turbulent few weeks in Parliament, as the UK Government has brought forward its welfare bill, now re-named the Universal Credit Bill. The bill sought to significantly cut health and disability benefits but, thanks to disabled people’s relentless campaigning, we are in a much better place now than when the bill was first introduced.

Posted Thursday, 10 July 2025 News type: News story

Camden Council challenged over coloured crossings

Posted Wednesday, 9 July 2025 News type: News story

Campaigning works: Tactile paving on train platforms completed across Britain

Five years after the tragic death of Cleveland Gervais, a man with sight loss who fell from a train platform that lacked tactile paving to warn him of the platform edge, the Department for Transport (DFT) has confirmed that it has completed a programme of installing tactile paving on all platforms across Great Britain.

Posted Tuesday, 8 July 2025 News type: News story

RNIB response to the publication of the NHS 10 Year Plan

Posted Monday, 7 July 2025 News type: Press release

Bangor Audiobook members create RNIB Talking Books legacy

Bangor Audiobook group are pleased to have now chosen the third RNIB Talking Book to add to the RNIB Library for users of the service across the UK and beyond to enjoy for decades to come. This follows a powerful fundraising campaign spearheaded by group leader Ken Carson, and volunteer sighted guide Pauline Canning, which raised a grand total of £4500.

Posted Monday, 7 July 2025 News type: Press release