A Scouse accent is instantly recognisable and can make the hometown of someone you don't know immediately obvious. Our accent owes its roots to Liverpool's position as an important port, and the ...

Across Cumbria, there are dozens of towns and villages born to trip up any poor outsider looking to come and make friends.

Across Cumbria, there are dozens of towns and villages born to trip up any poor outsider looking to come and make friends.

Just two new councils should be created to serve the whole of Lancashire when the county's 15 existing local authorities are abolished, Lancashire County Council is set to argue. Did you know with a ...

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As Karnataka celebrates Kannada Rajyotsava, writers, artistes, and scholars highlight the rich diversity of Kannada dialects that reflect the state’s linguistic heritage As Karnataka celebrates ...

Australians all speak fast, shorten words, have broad accents and are hard to understand, right? Not quite! Find out some of the unique ways Australians speak English. English sounds different ...

A strange and haunting phenomenon appears during periods of prolonged dry weather and heatwaves — the eerie re-emergence of long-lost villages from the depths of the region’s thirsty reservoirs. This ...

The team at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has been exploring some unexpected parallels between the Victorian novelist and the iconic rock ‘n’ roll band, revealing some surprisingly common ground. Did you ...

A founding member of a famous local folk band is holding a big festival next week - here is all you need to know. David Littler was one of the founding members in 1975 of the Houghton Weavers, one of ...

FATHER ALOYSIUS LAURENCE CORTIE, S. J., who died on May 16, was born in London on April 22, 1859. He had thus attained the age of sixty-six years. His cheery genial ways left the impression of his ...