Now sign language is our top new hobby

LOCKED-DOWN Britons may have been prevented from meeting friends and family over the past couple of months but that hasn’t stopped them trying their hand at new hobbies to fill the time.

Among the most popular – and rewarding – searches carried out on Google was ‘how to learn sign language’.

Almost 13,000 searches have been carried out on the subject since March, when strict new movement rules were brought in – a 175 per cent increase, according to data provider SEMrush.

‘How to learn Spanish’ was searched for 7,910 times, while ‘how to learn French’ was picked 6,800 times.

But Britons also showed a sense of fun too – the number of searches of the phrase ‘learn how to backflip’ soared by 182 per cent.