REE-search

Reesearch is the noun and research is the verb.
Eg: This is a good piece of reesearch (noun)
And I'm researching that topic (verb)
Simples.

I agree with Witzend drives me mad too as does FInance instead of finance and CONTRA versy instead of Controversy and as for PROject instead of proJect well!

I'm sticking with Jane10, it makes sense to get it right than just to put up with it.

Agree with Jane10. Because she is right.

What I find most irritating is qualifying ' unique'. Something is either unique or it isn't . Even people on the BBC say quite unique or very unique. Drives me nuts!

I will pronounce Jane10 both right and wrong!
Yes, that is how people say it that I hear, but it doesnt have to be so.

People can do what they like with pronunciation and language.

Afraid I can't agree with Jane. According to my very fat Oxford dictionary, reSEARCH is the traditional British-English pronunciation for both noun and verb. (Which is how I've always heard them pronounced until recently)
REEsearch is the American import for both, though now accepted as a variant here, and I heartily wish it had stayed on its own side of the pond.

I agree with obieone people can indeed pronounce words however they like. There's a risk that others may object but language is diverse and changes faster than dictionaries can capture.

I think that I heard a women on BBC breakfast this morning saying that 'he should podium'. She was talking about one of the Brownlees brothers. Maybe I misheard or perhaps we have a new verb?

I agree with Witzend - research every time.