A guide on inclusive language suggests the avoidance of patronising and gendered terms such as girls, ladies and pet.

Auf wiedersehen pet? University asks staff to stop using Geordie term

A number of 'talking street signs' have been put up in St Helier for visitors to get a taste of what the Jersey native language of Jèrriais sounds like.

Find out how 'talking signs' are keeping an island language alive

Matthew Jones came to Cardiff to study and fell in love with Welsh culture and the language.

American professor falls in love with Wales and learns to speak Welsh

New Gen Z 'put downs' are taking the centre stage as older insults are consigned to history. 

'Plonker, prat and numpty': Study shows classic British insults dying out

Notre Dame de Rosaire Primary School caters for children who speak additional languages such as Polish, Arabic and Portuguese.

More than half of students at Guernsey school speak an additional language

A Senedd report has been released which recommends translators are provided to patients to help avoid health conditions being missed.

'I had 17 calls in one hour, it was scary': the patients without a voice

Researchers from Lancaster University say the letter R is at risk of being lost completely in the next few generations.

The town saving the letter R from dying out

Rizz has been chosen as the Oxford 2023 word of the year after Spiderman actor Tom Holland used it in an interview.

Do you have rizz? Oxford University Press reveals words of the year

Pet owners in Jersey are using a new guide to help teach their dogs some new tricks, in the form of the island's native language.

Clever canines learn Jersey's local language

A new poll has revealed Britons' top 25 most annoying words in modern culture.

'Holibobs' and 'amazeballs' among words voted most irritating by Britons 

East-end and accents and the King's English could be fading away, thanks to the rise of Estuary, Multicultural and SSBE accents, a new study has found. 

Are London's cockney and the King's English accents dying out?

Jèrriais conference that Hautlieu School hosted.

An event was held to "revitalise, protect and enable" the use of Jersey's native language Jèrriais. 

Conference held to encourage more Jèrriais speakers

Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker announced commencement regulations for the commissioners and office had been made.

Process to appoint language commissioners edge closer

The judges for the 2023 competition have also been revealed. Novelist Donald S Murray will award the £1,500 to the winner of the overall prize.

English, Scots and Gaelic poets encouraged to submit entrants to Wigtown prize

EMBARGOED TO 0001 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7 File photo dated 21/08/14 of a child using a laptop computer. Six out of 10 teachers say they are worried about their pupils� safety online after many became dependent on the internet to continue learning amid lockdown, according to a survey.


The head of Guernsey States' Early Years Team says we need to be 'mindful' of the impact that screen time can have on young children's brains.

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