Black Country accents are stereotyped as indicating "low intelligence", says Dr Esther Asprey, a lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton who focuses on West Midlands dialects. "Urban accents ...

A young man from Birmingham with cerebral palsy has been gifted a new West Midlands accent, ahead of his wedding. Jack Reeve, 22, has been using a communication device with a robotic voice for as ...

People with a "posh" English accent are seen as least likely to commit most crimes – while the reputation of our twang is on the up. A University of Cambridge study, in collaboration with Nottingham ...

I was told that it was probably down to my accent. Obviously this is a plausible explanation, as if I was good enough to stand within the West Midlands then why wasn't I good enough to stand ...

A young man with cerebral palsy is gifted a new West Midlands accent, ahead of his wedding. When Flop's mother died and she lost the strength to stand, Dudley Zoo taught her to walk. The prime ...

People with a "posh" English accent are seen as least likely to commit most crimes – while the reputation of our twang is on the up. A University of Cambridge study, in collaboration with ...

Beth, from Sandwell in the West Midlands, recalls a privately-educated ... Like Beth, many university students have high levels of accent-based anxiety, according to a 2022 report on accents ...