Before she started university, Beth Beddall had never really thought about her Black Country accent. But when she started attending seminars during her undergraduate course at Durham University in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...