People who have a Yorkshire accent sound 25 times more trustworthy than someone with a Brummie accent, according to new data. In a poll commissioned by OnBuy, 2,221 people listened to 15 accents from ...

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 ...

The Brummie accent is one of the hardest to pull off – oh yes it is! Even panto stars have difficulty talking like a West Midlander, judging from their attempts in this fun video. We asked the stars ...

Everyone's favourite Brummie gangster, Tommy Shelby is played by Cillian Murphy who's actually not from anywhere near Birmingham originally. The actor, famous for his roles in Inception and 28 Days ...

Speaking in a scouse accent means you are more likely to be deemed a criminal, according to a new study identifying which harmful stereotypes about certain regional accents continue. Whereas people ...

Felicity Jones was "embarrassed" by her family's accent growing up. Although the 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' actress grew up in Birmingham, she never adopted a strong Brummie accent and has ...

West Midlands Police trialled a voice assistant powered by artificial intelligence (AI) in a bid to deal with rising volumes of non-emergency calls. Sensitive technical details of the plan were ...

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 ...