Michael Angelis, best known as the long-term narrator of Thomas The Tank Engine series Thomas And Friends, has died at the age of 76, his agent said.
May 31, 2020
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May 31, 2020
Tens of thousands of mosques across Saudi Arabia have reopened for the first time in more than two months, but worshippers have been ordered to follow strict guidelines to prevent...
May 31, 2020
The art of grafting has become second nature for jobbing actor, TV presenter and now home-cook Simon Delaney.
May 31, 2020
When Paddy Grant was given a Garda escort home from University Hospital Galway (UHG) last week, neighbours, friends and soccer players lined up to greet him in a state of...
May 31, 2020
The US death toll from Covid-19 has hit 100,000. A staggering figure. A figure larger than the American fatalities in the Vietnam, Korean and Iraq wars, combined. A figure that...
May 31, 2020
The Nobel Prize-winning scientist who predicted, by analysing raw data, that Ireland's death and infection rate would "burn itself out" over the last two weeks is back with more good...
May 31, 2020
This week I have talked to a food retailer, an adventurous food producer, a hot chef and the owner of one of Ireland's best-loved hotels, who have all adapted to...
May 31, 2020
Within 18 months the global property market will be transformed. New post-Covid demands will rapidly emerge, while old certainties evaporate. Most of the changes will be existing trends that have...
May 31, 2020
In responding to the BBC's apology for the good journalism of Emily Maitlis on Newsnight, many on the far right who style themselves "conservatives", outlined their idea of how journalism...
May 31, 2020
Voters have "bigger things to worry about" than the Dominic Cummings controversy and have not raised it unprompted in focus groups in the UK, a leading pollster has said.
May 31, 2020
Cancer screening services have been suspended for two months now. Every day without screening threatens lives and plunges others into fear, pain and loss.
May 31, 2020
Many years ago, in the mid-1990s, Joe O'Connor was having a drink with a psychiatrist, a friend of his, in London. The issue of whether O'Connor used his writing to...
May 31, 2020
Declan Gaffney reported for work at the Tara Winthrop nursing home in north Dublin, not knowing what to expect.
May 31, 2020
The Government is considering accelerating the reopening of the country, including scrapping limits on how far people can travel from home three weeks early. Museums, galleries, hairdressers and other amenities...
May 31, 2020
Three times in last week's Tatler profile of Kate Middleton that caused Kensington Palace to issue an uncharacteristic, scolding rebuttal, does the issue of accent arise.
May 31, 2020
The Government is considering accelerating the reopening of the country, including scrapping limits on how far people can travel from home three weeks early. Museums, galleries, hairdressers and other amenities...
May 31, 2020
Slane, Co Meath: A friend works in Dublin's north inner city. In a way, she is on the frontline. She's been texting me since the lockdown began, saying: "It's like...
May 31, 2020
The governor of the US state of Georgia has declared a state of emergency and activated the national guard as violence flared in Atlanta and other American cities following the...
May 31, 2020
It has always been an intriguing story... and it was back in the news last week. Namely that Steve Bannon, the man who masterminded Donald Trump's unexpected US victory four...
May 31, 2020
Watts 1965, Detroit 1967, LA 1992, Ferguson 2014 - and now Minneapolis 2020.
May 30, 2020
US President Donald Trump has said he will postpone a meeting of the G7 nations until the autumn.
May 30, 2020
US President Donald Trump has said he will postpone a meeting of the G7 nations until the autumn.
May 30, 2020
SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans toward orbit from Florida on Saturday in a mission that marks the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts...
May 30, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump has said demonstrators protesting the death of a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck would have been "greeted with...
May 30, 2020
Rescuers abseiled down a cliff to retrieve a lamb which was stranded on a ledge.
May 30, 2020
The European Union has urged US president Donald Trump to rethink his decision to cut American funding for the World Health Organisation (WHO) amid global criticism of the move.
May 30, 2020
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May 30, 2020
Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.
May 30, 2020
Elon Musk's private rocket company SpaceX is set for a repeat attempt at launching two Americans into orbit on Saturday from Florida for a mission that would mark the first...
May 30, 2020
England risks losing control of the coronavirus pandemic again because it is starting to lift its lockdown without a fully operational track and trace programme in place, three senior scientific...
May 30, 2020
Leanne Reyes had heard about the video of George Floyd's final minutes, but she could not bring herself to watch it.
May 30, 2020
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May 30, 2020
Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.
May 30, 2020
The white former Minneapolis police officer shown in video footage using his knee to pin an unarmed black man's neck to the street was charged with murder on Friday in...
May 30, 2020
US President Donald Trump has announced he will withdraw funding from the World Health Organisation, end Hong Kong's special trade status and suspend visas of Chinese graduate students suspected of...
May 30, 2020
Hong Kong told the US to keep out of the debate over national security legislation being imposed by China, and warned that withdrawal of the financial hub's special status under...
May 30, 2020
Boris Johnson has come under fire from UK police for announcing that six people can meet up outdoors from Monday - just before a weekend forecast to be hot and...
May 30, 2020
North Korea accused the United States of smear tactics yesterday after Washington renewed accusations last month that Pyongyang was responsible for malicious cyber attacks.
May 30, 2020
The police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe,...
