Voor de mensen die moeite hebben om handschriften te lezen (aangezien dat van Rowling nogal klein uitvalt) kan je hier het transcript lezen.

The speeding motorcycle took the sharp corner so fast in the darkness that both policemen in the pursuing car shouted, ‘whoa!’ Sergeant Fisher slammed his large foot on the brake, thinking that the boy who was riding pillion was sure to be flung under his wheels; however, the motorbike made the turn without unseating either of its riders, and with a wink of its red tail light, vanished up the narrow side street.
‘We’ve got ‘em now!’ cried PC Anderson excitedly. ‘That’s a dead end!’
Leaning hard on the steering wheel and crashing his gears, Fisher scraped half the paint off the flank of the car as he forced it up the alleyway in pursuit.
There in the headlights sat their quarry, stationary at last after a quarter of an hour’s chase. The two riders were trapped between a towering brick wall and the police car, which was now crawling towards them like some growling, luminous-eyed predator.
There was so little space between the car doors and the walls of the alley that Fisher and Anderson had difficulty extricating themselves from the vehicle. It injured their dignity to have to inch, crab-like, towards the miscreants. Fisher dragged his generous belly along the wall, tearing buttons off his shirt as he went and finally snapping off the wing mirror with his backside.
‘Get off the bike!’ he bellowed at the smirking youths, who sat basking in the flashing blue light as though enjoying it.
They did as they were told. Finally pulling free from the broken wing mirror, Fisher glared at them. They seemed to be in their late teens. The one who had been driving had long black hair; his insolent good looks reminded Fisher unpleasantly of his daughter’s guitar-playing, layabout boyfriend. The second boy also had black hair, though his was short and stuck up in all directions; he wore glasses and had a broad grin. Both were dressed in T-shirts emblazoned with a large golden bird, the emblem, no doubt, of some deafening, tuneless rock band.
‘No helmets!’ Fisher yelled, pointing from one uncovered head to the other. ‘Exceeding the speed limit by - by a considerable amount!’ (In fact, the speed registered had been greater than Fisher was prepared to accept that any motorcycle could travel.) ‘Failing to stop for the police!’
‘We’d have loved to stop for a chat,’ said the boy in glasses, ‘only we were trying -’
‘Don’t get smart - you two are in a heap of trouble!’ snarled Anderson. ‘Names!’
‘Names?’ repeated the long-haired driver. ‘Er - well, let’s see. There’s Wilberforce…Bathsheba…Elvendork…’
‘And what’s nice about that one is, you can use it for a boy or a girl,’ said the boy in glasses.
‘Oh, our names, did you mean?’ asked the first, as Anderson spluttered with rage. ‘You should’ve said! This here is James Potter, and I’m Sirius Black!’
‘Things’ll be seriously black for you in a minute, you cheeky little -’
But neither James nor Sirius was paying attention. They were suddenly as alert as gundogs, staring past Fisher and Anderson, over the roof of the police car at the dark mouth of the alley. Then, with identical, fluid movements, they reached into their back pockets.
For the space of a heartbeat both policemen imagined guns gleaming at them, but a second later they saw that the motorcyclists had drawn nothing more than -
‘Drumsticks?’ jeered Anderson. ‘Right pair of jokers, aren’t you? Right, we’re arresting you on a charge of -’
But Anderson never got to name the charge. James and Sirius had shouted something incomprehensible, and the beams from the headlights had moved.
The policemen wheeled around, then staggered backwards. Three men were flying - actually flying - up the alley on broomsticks - and at the same moment, the police car was rearing up on its back wheels.
Fisher’s knees buckled; he sat down hard; Anderson tripped over Fisher’s legs and fell on top of him, as flump - bump - crunch - they heard the men on brooms slam into the upended car and fall, apparently insensible, to the ground, while broken bits of broomstick clattered down around them.
The motorbike had roared into life again. His mouth hanging open, Fisher mustered the strength to look back at the two teenagers.
‘Thanks very much!’ called Sirius over the throb of the engine. ‘We owe you one!’
‘Yeah, nice meeting you!’ said James. ‘And don’t forget: Elvendork! It’s unisex!’
There was an earth-shaking crash, and Fisher and Anderson threw their arms around each other in fright; their car had just fallen back to the ground. Now it was the motorcycle’s turn to rear. Before the policemen’s disbelieving eyes, it took off into thin air: James and Sirius zoomed away into the night sky, their tail light twinkling behind them like a vanishing ruby.

From the prequel I am not working on - but that was fun!
JK Rowling 2008

Wie de hoofdrol van Bilbo zal vertolken is tot op heden niet bekend maar er zijn verschillende acteurs voor geconacteerd waaruit er ondertussen één gekozen is.

Het verhaal zal op een liefdadigheidsveiling in Londen verkocht worden samen met twaalf verhalen van andere bekende auteurs en illustratoren. Enkele hiervan zijn Irvine Welsh, Margaret Atwood, Nick Hornby en Doris Lessing.

De verhalen zullen in augustus van dit jaar in een bundel op de markt komen, de opbrengst hiervan gaat naar de schrijversvereniging English PEN en een stichting tegen dyslexie.

Een 21-jarige man wordt verdacht van de dood en is gearresteerd volgens de politie. De gewapende man had twee messen en is gezien aan de bar waar de ruzie plaatsvond.

In de bar waren verschillende mannen beginnen vechten, een gevecht dat escleerde. Knox werd doodgestoken omdat hij zijn jongere broer Jamie probeerde te beschermen, zo meldt de Britse pers.

Deze nieuwe moord brengt het aantal jonge doden door geweld dit jaar in Londen op veertien. Knox is de tiende die door messteken om het leven kwam. In heel Groot-Brittannië zijn dit jaar 28 jongeren vermoord.

Bron: HLN.BE

We believe that the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game represents a milestone in the movie tie-in genre. Building on the technological advancements of previous games in the series and with a particular focus on the unique control system of Nintendo’s Wii, the team here is working closely with the filmmakers to create an immersive interactive experience that captures the story, the action, the excitement and, above all, the fun of the film.

De game en film zullen dus op 21 november 2008 uitgebracht worden.

Ze is twintig jaar jong en woont in Sydney en is van plan om naar Radcliffe’s verblijf in London te vliegen om daar een vier maanden durende vakantie te verblijven.

Bron: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23575733-5001021,00.html

Radcliffe heeft al verschillende malen aangehaald dat hij het moeilijk heeft om een vriendin te vinden. Sydney’s Daily Telegraph Newspaper zal hem nu helpen zijn mysterieuze meid te vinden.

“She stared at me all night and I was going to get her number and then I couldn’t find her,” liet Radclif weten aan de krant.

“I must have walked around that party for an hour trying to look for this girl, like some sad pathetic dweeb, but it would have been worth it.”

The Daily Telegraph heeft zijn zoektocht naar deze schoonheid geopend. Ze vragen nu aan de jonge dame om zo snel mogelijk contact met hen op te nemen.

Harry Potter ster Rupert Grints laat weten actie te ondernemen nadat hij beschuldigd werd van het maken van commentaar op enkele hollywood sterren.

Een krant bracht verhalen naar buiten waarin Rupert, die Ron Weasly speelt in de Potter films, liet weten dat hij vindt dat Lindsay Lohan en Paris Hilton alles behalve goede voorbeelden zijn, daarnaast liet hij volgens de krant ook weten dat Lohan niet kon acteren.

Rupert’s vertegenwoordiger liet weten dat Rupert nooit zulke zaken gezegd heeft over Lindsay en Paris, hij heeft ze nog niet eens ontmoet.

Het is nog niet duidelijk welke acties hij gaat ondernemen tegen de desbetreffende krant.

Volgens het verschene artikel zal deze show gaan over een verdieping in het leven van Rowling, enkele interviews en een rondleiding op de locaties die haar inspiratie toe brachten.

ABC zal voor deze “behind-the-scenes” samenwerken met RDF Media Group en zal vanaf november op tv te zien zijn, in het Verenigd Koninkrijk althans.

Of deze show hier in de BENELUX ooit te zien zal zijn is nog afwachten, er bestaan natuurlijk ook altijd alternatieven… (Youtube, …)