Presenter Joel Dommett and viewers of the National Television Awards were in shock after hearing Sarah Lancashire’s real accent. The Masked Singer host and comedian was presenting during Tuesday (5 ...

Do you speak ‘Manc’, ‘Lancashire’, ‘posh’ or 'Wigan'? That’s the question a group of sociolinguists at Manchester Metropolitan University are trying to figure out. The Manchester Voices research ...

Every county has their own idioms and phrases and many of those in use in Lancashire, as with some iconic dishes such as hot pot, hark back to the days of the cotton mills. Old Lancashire phrases ...

Lancashire was a double winner on the night, earning both the prize for Best Drama Performance for her role in Happy Valley and receiving a Special Recognition award from Ian McKellen. On BBC crime ...