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Burgers, bad accents and The Rock: everything you should read today - 21 August

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Burgers, bad accents and The Rock: everything you should read today - 21 August
21 August 2018

The 11 all-time worst British accents in film

“Cor blimey guv’nor!” is apparently where the majority of dialect coaches start when it comes to teaching the many intricacies of the British accent.

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5 secrets of perfect pizza making (according to a top pizza chef)

Frank Pinello of New York’s legendary Best Pizza reveals his top tips for getting the perfect slice.

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People aren’t happy with Madonna’s self-serving VMA tribute to Aretha Franklin

Madonna stepped in at the last minute to deliver her tribute to the music legend, but it didn’t go down well with everyone.

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The Rock has a message for anyone who thinks they’re a failure

A sentimental but important message from Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in this week’s Rock Report.

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Get 20% off these amazing burgers for Mr Hyde’s National Burger Day 2018

Ohhhhhhh boy!

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J.K. Rowling ‘confirmed’ a super dark ‘Harry Potter’ theory about Dumbledore

Everyone’s got their theories about Harry Potter - and this one is very plausible

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Here are the 20 best fish and chip shops in the UK 

An overall winner shall be picked from a shortlist of 20 - will it be your local? (no)

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Cricket fans brought to tears by beautiful letter from a heartbroken son

Jonathan Agnew read out a very special letter from a long-time listener, leaving listeners in floods

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