UK Olympics presenter 'proud' of accent after criticism from former minister

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Alex Scott (Peter Byrne/PA)

BBC presenter Alex Scott has said she is “proud of my accent” after former UK Labour minister and ex-House of Lords member Digby Jones criticised her pronunciation.

Mr Jones, who was educated at private Bromsgrove School, tweeted on Friday that “Alex Scott spoils a good presentational job on the BBC Olympics Team with her very noticeable inability to pronounce her ‘g’s at the end of a word”.