SIR – Mary Creagh, the shadow transport secretary, is mistaken if she thinks that the Rev W Awdry had any bias against lady engine drivers when writing his Thomas the Tank Engine series. The ...

Children’s classic Thomas the Tank Engine has been blamed for a lack of female train drivers due to its absence of positive female characters, Labour's shadow transport secretary, Mary Creagh, has ...

Thomas the Tank Engine is setting a poor example to children and needs more female engines to encourage girls to become train drivers, Labour's shadow transport secretary has said. Mary Creagh ...

THOMAS the Tank Engine fans went off the rails after being warned not to refer to The Fat Controller. Visitors to a tourist attraction were told fat is a “slur” so he should be called by his real name ...

Thomas the Tank Engine fans have been told not to refer to The Fat Controller. A tourist attraction has reportedly told fans not to use the moniker - and instead use his real name, Sir Topham Hatt.