In August 2026, a claim circulated online that "Harry Potter" fans forced the diversion of an energy project between the United Kingdom and Ireland so that it would not interfere with the fictional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock. Harry Potter fans helped push a major power cable away from Dobby's "grave" in ...

The 190km Greenlink high-voltage cable, to supply energy from Britain to Ireland, was supposed to be laid between County Wexford in Ireland and Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The beach ...

Here lies Dobby, a free elf. There will be no electricity cables in sight. By Claire Moses Reporting from London An expansive beach in Wales is the site of one of one of the saddest moments of the ...

A multimillion-dollar power link between the United Kingdom and Ireland has been diverted after distraught “Harry Potter” fans pointed out that its planned route would cut through a beach memorial ...

A painted stone left at a memorial to Dobby at Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales A €500 million electricity interconnector between Ireland and Wales was diverted due to efforts by Harry ...

The construction of a multimillion-dollar electricity connection project between Ireland and the U.K. was slightly diverted after "Harry Potter" fans complained the infrastructure would disturb a ...

Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter. CREDIT: Sky/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter fans have succeeded in moving a construction project that would have originally gone through the “grave” of ...

When Dobby, the free elf, died (on screen in 2010 and canonically in 1998) he couldn’t have known the impact his death would have had on the world—in large part because Dobby is a fictional character ...

Harry Potter fans have successfully campaigned to change plans for a new power line, which would have carved through the site of Dobby's grave. The memorial, on a beach in the Welsh county of ...

A £430 million (€502m) over-and-undersea cable project between Britain and Ireland has been rerouted after Harry Potter fans discovered the original plan would have disturbed a shrine to the fictional ...

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