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Vancouver Sun
39 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Vancouver Sun
NO MAGIC FIX: 'Harry Potter' stars banned from driving
London (AFP) — Two stars of the 'Harry Potter' films, including actress Emma Watson, were each banned from driving for six months Wednesday after being caught speeding in separate incidents. Watson, 35, who played Hermione Granger, the friend of boy wizard Potter in the hugely popular movie franchise, was banned for driving at 38 miles (61 km) an hour in a 30-mile zone in southeastern Banbury last July. Zoe Wanamaker, 76, who played Quidditch teacher Madame Hooch in 'Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone', was banned for six months for her offence. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. She had been caught driving at 46 miles an hour in a 40-mile zone of the M4 motorway in southeastern Berkshire last August. The cases were dealt with separately by a lower magistrates' court in the town of High Wycombe. Neither of the stars attended the hearings, at which they were each fined £1,044 ($1,400). Watson, who was stopped while driving her blue Audi , has been studying at Oxford University. Her lawyer told the court that although she was a student, 'she is in a position to pay the fine'. © 2025 AFP Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here .
Edmonton Journal
39 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Edmonton Journal
Emma Watson banned from driving for six months
Emma Watson has reportedly been banned from driving after she was caught speeding, according to multiple news outlets. Article content The British actress, 35, best-known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series was 'driving her blue Audi at 38 miles (61 km) per hour in a 30-mph zone in England,' BBC reports. The incident of speeding took place on July 31 last year. Article content Article content Article content In a separate incident, actress Zoe Wanamaker was also banned from driving for six months after caught speeding. The 76-year-old played the character of Madam Hooch, a Quidditch teacher, in the popular movie franchise. Wanamaker was driving at '46 miles an hour in a 40-mile zone of the M4 motorway in southeastern Berkshire last August,' AFP reports. Article content Article content Article content The two cases of speeding were dealt with separately and was attended by neither of the stars. They were each charged £1,044 (approximately CAD$1,925) as per the proceedings carried out in lower magistrates court in the town of High Wycombe, England. Article content Watson had been studying at Oxford University when she was caught speeding. 'Her lawyer told the court that although she was a student 'she is in a position to pay the fine,'' AFP reports. Article content
Edmonton Journal
39 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- Edmonton Journal
NO MAGIC FIX: 'Harry Potter' stars banned from driving
London (AFP) — Two stars of the 'Harry Potter' films, including actress Emma Watson, were each banned from driving for six months Wednesday after being caught speeding in separate incidents. Article content Watson, 35, who played Hermione Granger, the friend of boy wizard Potter in the hugely popular movie franchise, was banned for driving at 38 miles (61 km) an hour in a 30-mile zone in southeastern Banbury last July. Article content Article content Article content Zoe Wanamaker, 76, who played Quidditch teacher Madame Hooch in 'Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone', was banned for six months for her offence. Article content Article content The cases were dealt with separately by a lower magistrates' court in the town of High Wycombe. Article content Neither of the stars attended the hearings, at which they were each fined £1,044 ($1,400). Article content Watson, who was stopped while driving her blue Audi, has been studying at Oxford University. Her lawyer told the court that although she was a student, 'she is in a position to pay the fine'. Article content
ITV News
39 minutes ago
- ITV News
Man who released rats outside Sheffield mosque four times avoids prison
A man who released rats near a mosque in a series of racist hate crimes has avoided being sent to prison. Edmund Fowler, 66, took wild rodents to Sheffield Grand Mosque on four separate occasions between May and June. In CCTV footage captured outside the mosque he could be seen lifting a cage from the boot of his car before freeing the animals onto the pavement. Mobile phone footage filmed by Fowler recorded him talking to the rats, saying "guess where you're going", "say bye bye" and "I'll point you in the right direction". Fowler, of Skelwith Drive, Sheffield, pleaded guilty to four counts of racially aggravated harassment at Sheffield Magistrates' Court. An anti-hate crime charity said the incident was "highly dehumanising". Fowler was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months, and banned from going near a mosque and to certain parts of the city for 18 months. The CCTV footage played in court showed Fowler parking his Audi near the mosque on Grimesthorpe Road and shouting racist insults at people entering the building. He had caused widespread "upset and shock" within the community, the court heard. In a victim impact statement, the mosque manager said: "It is evident people using the mosque are Muslim. "They are scared of further harassment and are now too scared to come to the mosque." The court heard Fowler accepted his behaviour was "appalling" but gave no motive. He may have had a mental breakdown as a result of the pressures of caring for his wife, who has breast cancer, the court was told. Chair of the bench, Suzanne Irish-Deverill, told Fowler she was "disgusted" by the footage and that his crimes were "pre-planned on multiple occasions". She added: "You also had the audacity to record it yourself. It has had significant impact and caused shock and distress. "People are entitled to travel to a place of worship without being racially or religiously harassed - it is a hate crime." Iman Atta, of the anti-hate crime charity Tell Mama, said it had recorded 20 incidents of Islamic buildings being targeted in the last six months. She said: "This specific targeting of a mosque and the release of rats in itself is highly dehumanizing. "It's highly stressful and distressing for communities. It's not just a targeting of an institution - it's the impact it has on the congregation... a congregation feeling that this is intentional harassment that they're going through on an ongoing basis."
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Harry Potter' star Emma Watson banned from driving for six months
Former 'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson has been banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding. The 35-year-old British actress and activist was clocked driving her blue Audi at 38 miles per hour in a 30-mph zone in Oxford, England, on the evening of July 31 last year. She did not appear for the brief hearing at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, where she was fined £1,044 ($1,400) and disqualified from driving, according to PA Media. Shortly after Watson's case was heard, the court considered a separate speeding offense involving her former 'Harry Potter' co-star, Zoë Wanamaker. The celebrated stage actress, who played Quidditch referee Madam Hooch in the franchise's first film, received the same sentence as Watson after she was caught driving at 46 mph in a 40 mph zone in Berkshire, southeast England in August last year, PA reported. According to the news agency, both actresses had nine penalty points on their licenses before the speeding incidents occurred. On Wednesday, District Judge Arvind Sharma endorsed three further points on their licenses for the latest offences, which triggered automatic six-month bans under UK law. CNN has reached out to Watson's representatives for comment. A representative for Wanamaker declined to comment. The parallel rulings mark a curious convergence for two actors whose careers once intersected in the halls of Hogwarts, and who now find themselves off the road at the same time. Watson, who rose to global fame playing Hermione Granger across all eight 'Harry Potter' films, has since pursued a parallel path in academia, filmmaking and women's rights advocacy. Her post-'Potter' screen work includes leading roles in 'Beauty and the Beast' and Greta Gerwig's 'Little Women.'
