But the lawyer for Warner Bros, Wilhelm Nordemann, said: "The case concerns the unlawful adoption and exploitation of our client’s property. It is plagiarism."

"Ron. broom. sacked. house-elf. new teacher. dies. sorry." - 25/11/02
This is as much as we can know of a 93-word handwritten document by JK Rowling that reveals the plot to her fifth eagerly awaited book - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’. Sotheby’s has released the above teasing sentence prior to the auction date of December 12th.

JK has put the document up for auction at Sotheby’s to raise money for Book Aid International (this charity supplies books to developing countries.) It is expected that people will be so keen to know what is next in store for Harry; that bidding could reach up to ?6,000.

The Potter plot has to be bought unseen on the auction day, and only the buyer will see what words are contained within. The document is also to be autographed by JK, and will be a prized possession for somebody in years to come.

An eighth Potter? - 21/10/02
Can it be true that there may be more than seven Harry Potter books? Author JK Rowling has always said that there will be only seven sagas about the young wizards life - but rumours are abounding of a possible eighth book that will finish the series. Whether or not this is true JK is still writing the fifth instalment ’Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix’, so don’t hold your breath.

J K Rowling unveils her latest project - 20/09/02
Harry Potter author J K Rowling and her doctor husband Neil Murray who she married nine months ago have announced they are expecting their first child.

A spokeswoman said: "J K Rowling and Dr Neil Murray are delighted to confirm that they are expecting a baby in the spring."

The writer has a nine-year-old daughter, Jessica, from a previous marriage, this baby, however will be born into a very different world from that of Jessica. Then she was a struggling single mother, living in a two-bedroom flat.

She now has a 10-bedroom house in Edinburgh, a seven-bedroom property beside the Tay in Perthshire and another ?4.5 million house in Kensington, London.

Rowling confirmed the news of her pregnancy the day after winning a court battle against a children’s writer Nancy Stouffer’ who accused her of plagiarism. A judge in America rejected s claims that Rowling had copied ideas from her books and infringed her trademarks.

The judge ruled on Wednesday that Stouffer had been fraudulent, dishonest and untruthful, fined her ?30,000 and ordered her to pay a portion of the costs.

Rowling said the stress of the three-year legal battle had hindered the writing of her fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Rowling married Dr Murray in a Boxing Day ceremony last year at the writer’s home in Edinburgh, Scotland.

JK Row - 02/09/02
JK Rowling has caused a stir in her hometown over plans to increase security at her home. The Harry Potter author wants to increase the height of the walls surrounding her ?500,000 property and install an electronic security gate.

But nearby residents in the plush Merchiston district of the city have claimed the proposed changes would be out of character with the area, a designated conservation site.

A group has already written to Edinburgh City Council demanding they throw out the multi-millionaire writer’s planning application. Ms Rowling’s new security measures come just a month after stalker Melissa Kumsuk Cho was deported back to America.