from hollyoaks to hollywood. 4 soap opera. next week rachel shenton and chris overton find out if their 20—minute drama, the silent child has been nominated at the oscars. ms shenton wrote the film to highlight how sign language can change lives and cast maisie sly, a profoundly deaf six—year—old girl, in the lead role. colin paterson has been to meet them. yeah, i mean this story is incredibly close to my heart. i want her to speak... the silent child tells the story of a deaf girl struggling to communicate. i think she'll be able to have a career in whatever she likes. rachel shenton, who used to be in hollyoaks, wrote and stars in the short film inspired by her own family's experience. she is a qualified sign language interpreter. my dad lost his hearing when i was younger, and he actually lived the last two years of his life profoundly deaf. and i saw then just how hard that was on a family, and i started to learn sign language. she made the film to draw attention to the fact that more than three quarters of

but things were made a lot easier by the director chris 0verton, who also used to be in hollyoaks.his star. i learned all of her lines, and as much basic sign language as i could. because we wouldn't have a film if i couldn't tell her what to do. now it is the wait for the nominations. i get the feeling maisie is less nervous about next tuesday than you and chris. that's fairly accurate. is that true? interpreter: she says that i think we're going to go to the oscars. laughter. colin paterson, bbc news, swindon. there is lots more on a website about that in those 0scar nominations, they will find out next week. what's more on our website. if you want to get in touch with us here at bbc world news, you can do so on social media. i'm @bbckasiamadera on twitter. now the weather, with chris fawkes. hello there. yesterday, in scotland, again we had some problems with snow, seems like this fairly commonplace. but in the highlands of scotland, just short of 47 metres of snow lying on the ground. now, the weather this weekend dominated by two areas of low pressure. 0ne here coming in today

from hollyoaks to hollywood.opera. next week rachel shenton and chris 0verton find out if their 20—minute drama, the silent child, has been nominated at the oscars. actress rachel shenton wrote the film to highlight how sign language can change lives and cast maisie sly, a profoundly deaf six—year—old girl, in the lead role. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been to meet them. yeah, i mean this story is incredibly close to my heart. i want her to speak... the silent child tells the story of a deaf girl struggling to communicate. i think she'll be able to have a career in whatever she likes. rachel shenton, who used to be in hollyoaks, wrote and stars in the short film inspired by her own family's experience. she is a qualified sign language interpreter. my dad lost his hearing when i was younger, and he actually lived the last two years of his life profoundly deaf. and i saw then just how hard that was on a family, and i started to learn sign language. she made the film to draw attention to the f

from hollyoaks to hollywood, that could be a reality for two stars of the soap aa. 0pera.lives. yeah, i mea language can change lives. n this story is incredibly close to my heart. i want her to speak... the silent child tells the story of a deaf girl struggling to communicate. i think she‘ll be able to have a career in whatever she likes. rachel shenton, who used to be in hollyoaks, wrote and stars in the short film inspired by her own family‘s experience. she is a qualified sign language interpreter. my dad lost his hearing when i was younger, and he actually lived the last two years of his life profoundly deaf. and i saw then just how hard that was on a family, and i started to learn sign language. she made the film to draw attention to the fact that more than three quarters of deaf children in the uk attend mainstream school without any specialist help. deafness isn‘t a learning difficulty. with the right support a deaf child can do exactly the same as a hearing child. that was the big message. all: mouse wanted to find out! the star of the film, maisie sly, is six and

alongside some of our biggest tv shows, such as the x factor, britain's got talent, i'm a celebrity, hollyoaks, or the simpsons. but first, the government has ordered a fast—track investigation into directors at the failed construction giant carillion. the company went into liquidation on monday after running up losses on contracts and struggling with heavy debts. the business secretary has asked for an investigation by the official receiver to be broadened and speeded up. facing questions in the commons, the chancellor was asked about the effect of carillion‘s collapse on the taxpayer. but yesterday, the treasury approved a minute providing for a contingent liability on carillion, for which we've had no estimate, so could the chancellor please explain to the house what sort of expenditure is going to be covered? i see he's given an indemnity to the receiver. and how he's going to report to the house on how much money the government is going to be liable for? yes, mr speaker. the government has given an indemnity to the official receiver in order to take on the role of special manager of the a

alongside some of our biggest tv shows such as the x factor, britain's got talent, i'm a celebrity, hollyoaksffect change, as jamie oliver has already demonstrated, we need some of that star magic. i'm calling on those household names like simon cowell, ant & dec, dermot o'leary and amanda holden to take responsibility, stand up to broadcasters and say that they will no longer be used as a hook to sell harmfuljunk food to our children, their own children. a snp mp says customers are being "ripped off" by mobile phone companies. patricia gibson said many consumers were continuing to pay for their handset after they'd covered the cost of buying it. the chances are that, if you are a customer with one of the bigger mobile phone providers who dominate the market, the price consumers are charged each month will not change. meaning that means that consumers continue to be charged for their handsets, even though they have already paid for them over the course of their two—year contract. the government suffered a series of defeats in the week on its sanctions and anti—money laundering bill. on wednes

bbc, they may know you began as an actress in hollyoa ks. they may know you began as an actress in hollyoaksour film right now, rachel. it is the story ofa right now, rachel. it is the story of a young deaf girl where you and your partner, who worked on this, your partner, who worked on this, you deliberately wanted to cast a young girl who, is, indeed deaf herself. for those who do not know about your film, tell us herself. for those who do not know about yourfilm, tell us how herself. for those who do not know about your film, tell us how this film has come to pass and how you reach this amazing point of being an oscar nominee. my gosh, it is so bizarre, that sentence! this story is extremely close to me. i am a writer and an actress. i playjalan, in the silent child, about a profoundly deaf little girl called libby, born into a hearing family. this story is very close to my heart. my dad was profoundly deaf and lived the last dozen years of his life being profoundly deaf. i believe that film is a powerful medium to portray this message and this story has not been told before. it needs to

full ofjunk food adverts, so we found in a study where we looked at adverts around the voice, and hollyoaks them were forjunk food. so what we would like to see is a nine o'clock watershed on junk food marketing. but for some, this is a step too far. you know, a lot of these foods appeal to adults, and these companies have a right to advertise their foods to adults. these programmes, the saturday night programmes, are watched by massive adult audiences, and i think it is perfectly fair that they should be allowed to advertise to them. it is notjust family shows that are in the cross hairs of sugar campaigners. the rules on advertising to children on tv haven't changed for ten years, and some believe those rules should be tightened. coco pops is not allowed to be advertised on children's tv, but coco pops granola, a less sugary variant of coco pops, can be. this kind of falls into a grey area, because, on one hand, kellogg's have created a product, and reformulated a product, which reduced the amount of sugar so that it is ok to be advertised on kids' tv, and we want to encourage big corpora