Every word from an emotional Pep Guardiola on his Man City exit

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola spoke about his decision to leave the club after 10 years and 20 trophies ...

Flares light up Aston Villa's Europa League victory parade

Thousands of fans lined the streets of Birmingham to celebrate the club's first major European trophy since 1982.

Mum's fury after son killed by Wolverhampton Royal Marine asked 'are you Brummie?'

A mum whose son was killed by a 'disrespected' Royal Marine from Wolverhampton when he asked 'are you a Brummie?' is calling ...

Exmouth mum's fury as Royal Marine who killed son with one punch will be released early

Jones, from Wolverhampton, admitted manslaughter but Cemal's mum, Ann-Marie Yilmaz, described his sentence as an 'insult' ...

One Direction's Zayn Malik makes Scouse admission as fans 'obsessed'

One Direction star Zayn Malik thrilled fans as he listed Scouse as one of his favourite accents. The pop star made the ...

Liverpool ONE getting new chicken venue from famous faces as they say 'we're coming'

YouTube sensations The Sidemen have unveiled their first-ever Liverpool location. Earlier this year, the ECHO reported on the ...

Emma Willis is bracingly honest and has serious mettle – she is the perfect star to steer Strictly into a new era

As the ‘Love is Blind’ host is finally confirmed as one part of the new presenting lineup, Katie Rosseinsky explores why she can bring good rapport and real emotion to one of the biggest jobs in UK sh ...

Yorkshire polish off Surrey but Lehmann defies Notts: county cricket, day four – as it happened

Yorkshire finished off their thrashing of Surrey but Nottinghamshire were unable to break down Jake Lehmann’s defences ...
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Why Do We Have Accents?

Everyone has an accent, but how do the ones we have today relate to those of our ancient ancestors and those we had in ...

Welcome to Birmingham

It's day 1 and we're in Birmingham which is one hundred miles north-west of London, the place that we call home! What are we doing here? Well, BBC Learning English is on a journey to find out about ...