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Daniel Radliffe (left) in the original 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Dominic McLaughlin as the new Harry Potter in the TV series.

Five key plot points the new Harry Potter series should have (that the films didn’t)

The new teaser trailer has given fans hope that key parts of the novels will find new life in HBO Max’s upcoming series.

  • Kayla Olaya and Nell Geraets

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Paapa Essiedu will play the role of Severus Snape in the upcoming HBO Max series for the next 10 years.

Paapa Essiedu received the role of a lifetime in the Harry Potter series. Then the death threats began

The actor’s casting triggered a race-fuelled backlash online, with some arguing a black actor should not play a character originally written as white.

  • Nell Geraets
We’ve been told Harry Potter’s story many times in many different forms. It appears that’s still not enough.

I’ve listened to the new Harry Potter audiobook. Here’s what you need to know

After seven books, eight movies, two audiobook series, a video game and a forthcoming television series, do we really need yet another version of this story?

  • Nell Geraets
J.K. Rowling: “I’m not owed eternal agreement from any actor who once played a character I created.”

J.K. Rowling reignites feud with Emma Watson in scathing 683-word rebuke

The comments came after the actress took a conciliatory tone in an interview, suggesting she wanted to repair her relationship with the Harry Potter author.

  • David Crowe
Comedian Graham Linehan said police met him at Heathrow and arrested him for his posts on social media.

Father Ted comedian arrested over trans posts, igniting free speech outcry

UK police arrested television comedy writer Graham Linehan, a creator of the Black Books and The IT Crowd series, after five officers met him at Heathrow Airport.

  • David Crowe
BBC presenter Martine Croxall corrected on-air wording during a news broadcast by replacing the term “pregnant people” with “women”.

BBC presenter corrects ‘pregnant people’ to ‘women’

Martine Croxall was reading a report during a live broadcast when she used the term “pregnant people”. She immediately added “women”, with a slight roll of her eyes.

  • Craig Simpson
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JK Rowling and Elon Musk have been named in an online bullying lawsuit filed by Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif.

‘Women won’t be battered to death by men’: J.K. Rowling hails Imane Khelif boxing ban

The author applauded the governing body’s decision to prevent the Olympic gold medal winner from entering any future events in the female category.

  • Oliver Brown
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Imane Khelif banned from competing in women’s World Boxing events

The Algerian boxer who won gold at the Paris Olympics last year will not be able to compete in the women’s division unless she can provide proof of being biologically female.

  • Oliver Brown
Harry Potter leads in 2000 vs 2025

What does being a child star look like in 2025? The new Harry Potter stars are about to find out

Unlike their film counterparts in 2001, the new child stars of the Harry Potter television series will have to navigate their roles in a world in thrall to social media. 

  • Hannah Kennelly
Celebrations outside London’s Supreme Court following its unanimous ruling that “the terms woman and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex”.

Trans women not legally women, UK’s highest court rules

The unanimous decision – hailed by gender-critical campaigners but condemned by trans rights advocates – could have implications in healthcare, education and sport.

  • Rob Harris