A pizza shop worker is attacked by three robbers who then stole the takings from an Isle of Man takeaway.

The Scottish accent has come top in a poll of the most reassuring voices to hear in times of emergency.

A movie is to be made about two Scottish rappers who got a record deal after pretending to be American.

It is the stuff of escapist fantasy. A tall, dark and handsome type sweeps a cream-and-roses Home Counties heroine off her feet. In its 100 years of publishing, the exotic alpha male has been a staple of the Mills and Boon romance.

Yesterday we asked readers to call us with their best American accents, in repsonse to a feature by the BBC's Stephen Robb.

Everyone can do an American accent... at least everyone thinks they can. But how many would pass muster with a Hollywood studio? The BBC's Stephen Robb took a lesson from one of the movie industry's top accent coaches.

Scotland's connections to the world of American comics.

Michelle Ryan's portrayal of the Bionic Woman heads a Radio Times poll of the worst US accents by British actors.

People with Birmingham accents are being used to help teach call centre systems to understand regional dialects.

A new study finds that your accent could affect how intelligent other people think you are.

The Liverpool accent is put under the microscope by languages experts at a public event in the city.

Filmgoers vote Christopher Lambert in Highlander as having the least convincing Scottish accent on screen.

An alternative music festival in south west Scotland bids to increase its appeal to the Polish community.

Jetmir Bucpapa was one of those involved in the robbery of £53m from the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, in February 2006.

A bustling port, wind whipping in off the sea, English spoken with a distinctive accent, Europe's Capital of Culture 2008 is a wonderful place. But this isn't Liverpool. It's Stavanger in Norway.

BBC Scotland reporter Phil Goodlad reports from New York on the Scottish dimension in the United States.

An Asian man sent home early from a secondment to India because he was not "English enough" wins a discrimination case.

A look at what's making the headlines in Tuesday's morning newspapers.

They've been campaigning for a century to make the spelling of the English language easier and recently picketed a spelling bee in the US to get home their point. Welcome to the Simplified Spelling Society.

Two men with Eastern European accents assault and rob a man of his Playstation 3 in Edinburgh.