An AI call handler could struggle with Birmingham accents, it's feared - Ingus Kruklitis/iStockphoto A police force trialling an AI-powered non-emergency call service fears the technology will not ...

Cillian Murphy has revealed how he mastered a Brummie accent for his lead role as Tommy Shelby on Peaky Blinders. The 45-year-old actor admitted that he recorded pub goers in Birmingham, together with ...

Peaky Blinders takes place in Birmingham, where the accents are tough to copy. The show’s creator Steven Knight told the BBC that the Brummie accent is so tricky that production companies shy away ...

A reader congratulates the Peaky Blinders writers for putting the West Midlands - and its accents - on the map. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in ...

An expert has identified one revealing error that Cillian Murphy makes which betrays his near-flawless accent in Peaky Blinders. The Irish actor, who comes from Cork ...

An expert has revealed Cillian Murphy makes one telling mistake that gives away his near-perfect accent in Peaky Blinders. The Irish actor, who hails from Cork, has been playing Birmingham crime boss ...

Birmingham Council's new automated phone system reportedly struggles to understand a Brummie accent. Costing £11 million to implement, the system uses speech recognition technology. However, local ...

The Birmingham accent has been ranked the fifth most annoying in the country - with four other dialects ranked higher. Brummie has been a source of unnecessary teasing for decades, with the accent ...