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

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.

Stanley Baxter, the celebrated TV star and comedian, has died at the age of 99. His friend and biographer, Brian Beacom, confirmed the Glasgow-born actor passed away on Thursday in Denville Hall, a ...

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James Norton has a reputation for being one of the nicest guys in showbiz. Sadly, he's in danger of wrecking his halo. The actor, currently starring in the dramas The House of Guinness on Netflix and ...