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The horrific murder of the Leeds woman raped, beaten and strangled to death by notorious Fred West-like killer

Joanne Parrish, 20, was a languages student in Yorkshire with a bright future ahead of her

Leeds Live

No, your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic

The real and complicated story of Ireland's past is a lot more interesting than Irish Americans make it out to be

Salon

Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse says she can’t understand northern accents

The dance expert can communicate in five languages, but requires fellow judge Craig Revel Horwood to translate when speaking to contestants from the north of England

The Guardian - UK

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Houston language advocates race to keep their one small request from disappearing in Capitol bedlam

Woori Juntos began the legislative session hoping to win over a majority of legislators to their cause — making it easier for Texans who speak no or limited English to communicate with state agencies and access crucial services. First, they needed a lawmaker to file their bill.

The Texas Tribune

Motsi Mabuse struggles to understand northern accents despite speaking five languages

The South African-German dancer is fluent in five languages but has to ask Strictly co-star Craig Revel Horwood to translate some contestants’ dialects

Daily Mirror

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' and other Oscars 2023 films show a trend towards linguistic realism in Hollywood

At the 95th Academy Awards, Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s Everything Everywhere All at Once took home wins in acting, editing and directing categories, and also won the coveted best picture award.

The Conversation

SNP candidates respond to seven key questions from North-East independence group

AN Aberdeen independence group has praised SNP leadership candidates for their response to seven

The National (Scotland)

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Scottish The Chase contestant outfoxes The Vixen as viewers complain of 'easy questions'

A Modern Languages teacher from Dumfries and Galloway the Chaser to scoop up £7,000 for the team's prize pot- but viewers weren't so sure it was a difficult run.

Edinburgh Live

Man's £800 Japanese tattoo meant nothing when artist made 'spelling mistake'

Chris had wanted to evoke the Samurai's bushido code. A friend pointed out the text meant nothing thanks to a missing line

Wales Online

King Salman Approves Providing 1 Mln Copies of Quran to Islamic Attachés, Centers During Ramadan

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz approved on Sunday the distribution of one million copies of the holy Quran to religious attachés, Islamic centers, and guidance offices in 22 countries during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, reported the Saudi Press Agency. Ramadan will begin later…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ministers put £15m towards tackling decline in language learning in England

Exclusive: University College London to develop language programme in secondary schools over three years

The Guardian - UK

Leading London girls’ school offers Python lessons

Putney High School classifies coding as modern language

Evening Standard

Watch Itchy Boots Ride Into The Sahara Desert In Morocco

Itchy Boots is in Morocco, almost at the border with Algeria, and is ready to check out the sand dunes in the Sahara Desert as she travels in this video.

RideApart

How a primary school saved the Manx language from extinction

UNESCO declared Manx Gaelic extinct in 2009. Years later, a letter from a primary school on the Isle of Man proved them wrong, so the organisation took a step back and set up a new category: revitalised languages.

France 24

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The Conversation

How linguistic diversity in English-language fiction reveals resistance and tension

Linguistic diversity, like other types of diversity, can enrich life. It’s a truism that languages and cultures are closely allied. Some believe that language imposes its own unique perceptual grid on its users.

AAP

Indigenous language names preserve local pride of place

Naming new places with Indigenous words helps preserve local languages at risk of extinction, say groups calling for dual naming to become standard practice.

Tribune News Service

Former reporter pens bio about the incredible life of Black Civil War veteran in new book, 'The Sergeant'

Shortly after 9/11, a group of Palestinian students had some questions for an American reporter about the lives and history of Muslims in America that sent him on a decadeslong journey, researching and writing about Muslims who had been in the United States since a few years after the Mayflower…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Yes, you can help the Turkey-Syria earthquake victims

The Antakya I know is a cosmopolitan city in southern Turkey. Kurtuluş Caddesı, the city’s central avenue, is similar to streets in Los Angeles or Miami, lined with restaurants and palm trees, resonant with multiple languages. The city was devastated in the Feb. 6 earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria,…

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The Conversation

Love languages are hugely popular – but there's very little evidence they exist at all

Love languages – the concept coined by Baptist pastor Gary Chapman some 30 years ago – has taken the relationships world by storm. It’s often the “go-to” topic on first dates, and for those in relationships love languages are said to provide deep, meaningful and reliable insights into how relationships…

The Conversation

'Love languages' might help you understand your partner – but it's not exactly science

If you’ve ever flipped through the pages of a women’s lifestyle magazine, there’s a good chance you’ve stumbled onto a quiz promising to answer the question “what is your love language?”.

Daily Mirror

Your dog has five ways of telling you it loves you - here's how to spot signs

Pets are part of the family and deserve us to shower them in love as much as our other loved ones - they even have their own love languages according to vet expert Dr Ronngren

Wales Online

Boy given 10% chance of survival now maths prodigy at the age of four

Jamie Mohr can count in six different languages, outsmarts his teachers and even helps his mum budget

The Canberra Times

VCR tapes in an oven: How to preserve and digitise an entire collection of artefacts

Australia's only Indigenous national institution is digitising its whole collection to preserve artefacts and exhibit them in Canberra in the future.

Dynamite News

Veteran Playback Singer Vani Jairam Found Dead At Her Chennai Home

Veteran playback singer Vani Jairam who has sung in over a dozen languages in a career spanning over five decades passed away on Saturday at her residence in Chennai. Read further on Dynamite News:

Bristol Post

NHS spends more than £113m on translation services including 'fake' cartoon language

Avon and Wiltshire NHS Trust offered the highest number of languages at 122, according to FOI

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