From BBC News: Children hoping to celebrate a Harry Potter day in the Northumberland town of Alnwick have been told they cannot use the young wizard’s name for the event… The mayor of Alnwick, Councillor Key Gray, said: “I think it is sad because the children will be disappointed Paul Gee, council director of environment …read more!

Entertainment Weekly, a brilliantly funny and delightful magazine, has just come out with another issue. In it there’s a funny little comparison of three films involving kids at boarding schools (Igby Goes Down, The Emperor’s Club and of course Harry), what’s funny is that they all have on red and gold scarves. It’s very cute …read more!

That’s right guys. You are now looking at Leaky, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation in New York State. What does this mean? It means we are moving ahead with the charity bidding plans. We can’t solicit yet as we are waiting for registration from the Attorney General’s office to come through. But GET READY, and we …read more!

Newsround just emailed us to let us know that tomorrow, Thursday, 28 Nov November, they’re going to have a webchat lined up with Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Shirley Henderson and Christian Coulson. Its at 5:35 pm UK time, and there’s more information to be found here. Newsround will post it to their archives afterwards.

Ok. This is short notice and I apologize because today was INSANE in real life – but here you go, straight from the horse’s mouth: SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE FREE DOBBY! MOVEMENT Holiday Season Signals A Time For Gift Giving Fans of the blockbuster-hit film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets will recognize …read more!

The official HP site in the US and the Warner Bros. Canadian website have more information on the Free Dobby movement!

First came “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” Then, as if by magic, appeared a Russian version, “Tanya Grotter and Her Magic Double Bass.” Now, joining Tanya and Harry is another Russian version, “Porri Gatter and the Stone Philosopher”, a parody of the bestselling J.K. Rowling books that will hit bookstores at the end of …read more!

The BBC News reports that a police officer who fooled a book dealer in an internet scam over a first edition Harry Potter book has been fined £750.

One of our UK-based readers sent us the following report on her parents’ visit to “That Play That I Wrote” this past weekend. For those outside the UK, the play is based on a 60s Morecambe & Wise show. Morecambe and Wise were comedians and hit TV shows. On the TV shows they always had …read more!

Russell Baillie of the New Zealand Herald talks to the actor about his role as Lucius Malfoy, upcoming projects, and if it was hard to act under “all that hair”.