4 d. ago BBC had unofficial league table of best and worst British accents, says top correspondent

BBC believed some accents ‘drove people nuts up and down the country’, says Kate Adie

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4 d. ago BBC's 'most hated regional accent' revealed as veteran war correspondent Kate Adie claims some dialects 'drove people nuts'

The veteran broadcaster Kate Adie has revealed that the BBC once kept an unofficial league table of regional accents - with one local dialect poorly received 'from one end of the country to another'.

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4 d. ago Birmingham accent ranked ‘most hated’ on BBC’s unofficial league table, Kate Adie reveals

Journalist shares details of broadcaster’s dislike for Brummie accent as archives of her life and career to be cataloguedThe BBC had an unofficial league table of the most loved and despised accents, the war correspondent Kate Adie has revealed. And the most hated? Brummie.Geordie was liked, she told an audience in Sunderland, but from one end of the country to the other it was Birmingham that was particularly disliked. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Man, 38, and woman, 35, appear in court after grandfather, 60, was shot dead through window of his home in Stanley

Kevin Dorward, 38, is accused of murder and is said to have been one of a group of people who drove to the home of Barry Dawson, 60, and committed a broad daylight attack.

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3 w. ago Driver deliberately drove into three people outside pub after argument

Dean Murray, 29, drove his van into three people in Blackwood town centre after he had previously been bothering women and was told to leave.

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3 w. ago South Korean family of three goes missing while on trip to Grand Canyon

Family likely drove through snowstorm in which two people died

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3 w. ago Kate Garraway rushes to console Good Morning Britain guest as she breaks down in tears revealing she's ripped out SEVEN of her own teeth because she can't afford the dentist

Layla Waters appeared on the show to share her experience after Kate, 57, and co-host Adil Ray , 50, revealed that more than a quarter of Brits haven't been able to get an appointment with the NHS.

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3 w. ago ITV GMB's Kate Garraway halts show to make breaking Heathrow Airport announcement

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway and Adil Ray broke the news of Heathrow Airport being closed until midnight, with over 1,000 flights being disrupted.

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3 w. ago Good Morning Britain halted as Kate Garraway makes breaking Heathrow Airport announcement

Good Morning Britain was hit with breaking news on Friday morning as Kate Garraway and Adil Ray issued a warning

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3 w. ago Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway rushes to comfort guest after breaking down live on air

On Friday's instalment of Good Morning Britain, Adil Ray and Kate Garraway were bringing ITV viewers the latest headlines.

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3 w. ago Good Morning Britain halted as Kate Garraway announces urgent Heathrow Airport news

Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway and Adil Ray delivered important news to viewers at the beginning of Friday's show.

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3 w. ago Good Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway announces breaking news minutes into show

On Friday's instalment of Good Morning Britain, hosts Adil Ray and Kate Garraway kicked off the ITV show with some breaking news.

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