Deaf teenage campaigner

REUBEN Litherland’s school support worker in Derby did not believe him at first when he said he was attending the wedding, his mother said.

The 14-year-old Saint Benedict Catholic Academy pupil, who is deaf, set up a lunchtime sign language club at school. Jacinta Litherland said: ‘He is very excited. It’s just not quite sunk in.’ She added: ‘He is raising awareness of the difficulties and struggles that deaf children face, and he’s doing it very well.’