So passionate was she about Irish produce, she once carried a heavy suitcase stuffed full of locally grown apples on board a flight to New York where she had been invited to deliver a cookery class.

Arsenal survived a major scare to secure their spot in the last 16 of the Europa League despite suffering an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat to Östersund.

"I haven’t even seen Harry Potter! I can’t wear this. Is this a joke?”

Arsene Wenger has called on Uefa to alter the rules which have left Arsenal unable to play club-record signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the Europa League.

The final series of the cross-channel drama can’t escape the shadow of Brexit, writes Gemma Dunn.

JK Rowling has finally addressed her decision to cast Johnny Depp in  Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them: The Crimes Of Grindelwald.

Twenty years since the debut of JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ series, William A Gleason says it’s difficult to recall a day when audiences weren’t spellbound by the young wizard.

Where does the time go?

Two decades after the first Harry Potter book, the spell is unbroken, says Jonathan deBurca Butler.

If your Harry Potter obsession is strong, you'll likely have read the books over and over until you needed a wand and the reparo charm just to keep the spines together.

What are you waiting for? The train at platform 9 ¾ has your name written all over it.

Here's your evening update.

Experimental Fun

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is making its big screen debut this November but it has had a previous life as a tie-in book which was first published in 2001.

A drowning in the river Lee has inspired a renewed drive to establish a volunteer emergency-response service in a Cork town.

JK Rowling will be able to breathe a sigh of relief after the first preview of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child was met with “whooping and cheering”.

Did you know it takes a team of 10 over three months to create the opening title sequence of each new season of Game of Thrones? Or that there are 70 different ways you can say Hodor? - you do now!

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is all kinds of exciting for Harry Potter fans.

A colossal amount of brownie points were earned by a very thoughtful boyfriend who went above and beyond for his girlfriend’s birthday recently.

A selfie of a couple has gone viral after internet users spotted something freaky in the glass reflection.

John Terry will end his 21-year association with Chelsea at the end of the season after being told his contract will not be renewed.

Some of the stranger stories from around the world.

Was the world waiting for a new Tarzan movie? Well tough because they've gone out and made one and it's actually looking pretty impressive.

Stoke have announced the completion of a club-record £12m (€17m) deal for midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri.

Colin Farrell is currently on screens in True Detective season 2 and he's just added a major project to his future slate with a role in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

J.K. Rowlings adaptation of her own book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them already picked up Eddie Redmayne for the leading role of Newt Scamander and there's more top casting news.

USA: Screen and TV star, diva and beloved Muppet Miss Piggy has been recognised for her contributions to society with a feminist award at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.

The rumours have been swirling for awhile but now its official- Eddie Redmayne will enter the Harry Potter universe.

The rumours have been swirling for awhile but now its official- Eddie Redmayne will enter the Harry Potter universe.

The rumours have been swirling for awhile but now its official- Eddie Redmayne will enter the Harry Potter universe.

Dean Potter knew the risks every time he flew off a cliff in a wingsuit.

Extreme athlete Dean Potter, renowned for his bold climbs and BASE jumps, was one of two men killed while attempting a wingsuit flight in Yosemite National Park.

ENGLAND: Britain’s prime minister has been serenaded by a man with a ukulele who sang that he should "fuck off back to Eton".

Here's what to watch on the box tonight.

Harry Arter marked his 25th birthday in style by scoring for the fifth successive league game as Bournemouth beat Millwall 2-0 to move four points clear at the top of the Championship.