Melissa Morton, a barrister from South Yorkshire, has opened up on how she overcame a university lecturer's cruel remarks ...

Take a look below and enjoy some positive news stories from across BBC Yorkshire. 'Why I speak with a Yorkshire accent despite being born deaf' Jodie Ounsley is "profoundly deaf" and was fitted with a ...

Barrister Melissa Morton detailed her experience of being told by a lecturer she to take 'elocution lessons' in order to ...

While studying at university, the barrister was told by one tutor to undergo elocution lessons to help her speak without her ...

Watch as King Richard III has been given a Yorkshire accent using state-of-the-art technology. The digital avatar of the medieval king went on display in front of history buffs at York Theatre Royal ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British film critics have poured scorn on U.S. actress Anne Hathaway for her northern English accent in the movie "One Day," calling it variously "another Hollywood stinker" and ...

Whilst admitting she doesn't have a 'stereotypical barrister background', Melissa Morton revealed how her Yorkshire accent ...

Across Yorkshire there are people doing amazing things every day of the week, and we want to highlight them. This week we marked the arrival of Hull's annual fair, celebrated fundraising success for a ...