Bradford residents have defended their accent after it was named one of the least sexiest in the country. The city was ranked third from the bottom in a poll to find the most attractive accent in the ...

THE BBC broadcast a businessman’s four-letter outburst before the watershed by accident because programme makers could not understand his “strong Bradford accent”. Did you know with a Digital ...

George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion gets a radical makeover for West Yorkshire Playhouse's new production. Theatre correspondent Nick Ahad reports. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire ...

Researchers asked 180 participants to listen to recordings of 10 male voices with different accents and rate a series of statements on social traits and behaviours. The accents were: Belfast, ...

From the approachable Geordie twang to the instantly recognisable Edinburgh lilt, the UK is home to some of the most distinctive accents in the world. But a new study has warned that the way you talk ...

Speakers of some accents perceived as working class including from Liverpool, Newcastle, Bradford and London risk being stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime, a study suggests.

Participants who listened to the accents were asked to rate statements about behaviours for them. Researchers noted there was significant correlation between accents rated as working class and ...