The Kansas Children’s Discovery Center has opened the national traveling exhibit, “Thomas and Friends: Explore the Rails,” ...

In 1939 she arrived in Harwich on the Kindertransport, and kept ‘a faint trace of an Austrian accent, an unmistakeable whiff of old Europe’ ...

Britt Allcroft, the creative force behind the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series, has passed away at the age of 81. Her daughter, Holly Wright, confirmed that Allcroft ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor ...

was a 26-episode television series that debuted as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends on ITV in the United Kingdom in 1984. Ringo Starr was chosen by Allcroft to play Mr. Conductor, the first ...

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81. "It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of Britt Allcroft ...

Britt was an adoring mother and wife. A visionary producer. She brought so much joy and happiness to people everywhere during ...

Allcroft’s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired on ITV ... s series starring the magical miniature character Mr Conductor. It was aimed at an American audience and established Thomas ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81.

(Reuters) -A judicial policymaking body on Thursday rejected a request by Democratic lawmakers to refer conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to the Department ... it a "sad ...