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Did you know that Thomas the Tank Engine is 80 years old? Yes, rail-y! The famous engine was originally created by Reverend Wilbert Awdry, whose Thomas & Friends books then became a TV series. So to ...

Father Gerry Campbell appealed at the joint funeral for three members of the O’Connor family for more resources to be devoted towards mental health. The coffins of Mark O’Connor, Louise Doherty ...

Strictly Come Dancing's Thomas Skinner has candidly discussed the challenges of his disability, confessing that he often leans on his wife for assistance. Earlier this year, it was announced that he ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Thomas the Tank Engine began as a series of books written by Reverend Wilbert Awdry A line-up of railway-themed events to celebrate 80 years of Thomas the Tank Engine are under way in Gloucestershire.

He insisted it was just a one-off, that he felt so guilty and that it was a 'brief moment of madness'. Apprentice star Thomas Skinner, who cheated on his wife Sinead, added that he 'wasn't thinking' ...

Through two weeks of the 2025 fantasy football season, Brian Thomas Jr has looked a lot like he looked last year with Trevor Lawrence. As fantasy owners, most of us just shook off the fact that BTJ ...

Children will get the chance to take control of a famous little blue engine when one of the region’s biggest model railway exhibitions rolls into town later this month. The fifteenth annual event, ...

A first addition Beatrix Potter titled The Story Of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, published in 1906, is among 60 lots of children’s books going on sale. Early works by Quentin Blake, Beatrix Potter and Rev W ...

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