Harry Potter fans might have a reason to get excited, as Grint’s comments could point towards a potential reunion in the future, and not one that’s AI-generated, either.

The 34-year-old actor made a name for himself as the iconic best friend of the movie franchise’s titular character, Ron Weasley.

He first played the role aged 11 in The Philospher’s Stone, but last played the eccentric ginger wizard in The Deathly Hallows – Part 2, back in 2011.

This was fuelled further by Daniel Radcliffe’s comments on a potential return, which didn’t seem to shut down the idea of him reprising the role of ‘the boy who lived’.

Back in January 2023, Grint was asked about the Wizarding World while his promoting thriller film Knock At The Cabin, during an appearance on ITV’s This Morning.

When asked about Ron, and if he would be ‘opposed’ to bringing him back, Grint said: “I think if the timing was right and everyone was coming back. It was a character that was important to me, we kind of became the same person.

“I’m protective of him as well. It was my whole childhood.”

Grint further explained that he is very grateful for the breakout role, joking: “I was a fish in a school play before that!”

Highlighting that he’d be open to bringing the character back in ‘some form’, it’s clear that a lot would need to be agreed upon to make it happen.

You’d need to get Emma Watson and Radcliffe on board, as well as some of the remaining actors, such as Tom Felton and Helena Bonham Carter.

Sadly, the likes of Michael Gambon, who played Voldemort, and Alan Rickman, who played Professor Severus Snape, have passed away since the final film’s release.

Getting the three main characters, the studio, and other figures to agree would be a task in itself (Warner Bros.)

But when Radcliffe spoke about the prospect in 2023, he explained: “My understanding is that they’re trying to very much start fresh and I’m sure whoever is making them will want to make their own mark on it and probably not want to have to figure out how to get old Harry to cameo in this somewhere.

“So I’m definitely not seeking it out in any way. But I do wish them, obviously, all the luck in the world and I’m very excited to have that torch passed.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look likely – sorry, Harry Potter fans.

Jaysley Beck was a 19-year-old Royal Artillery Gunner, and was found at Larkhill Camp in Wiltshire, UK, on 15 December 2021.

An inquest further heard that she became ‘scared’ by ‘psychotic and possessive’ behaviour from her boss, as she believed he had hacked her phone.

The ‘intense period’ of messaging was from Bombardier Ryan Mason, and a service inquiry report published in October 2023 found it to be a ‘casual factor’ in her passing, Sky News reports.

During the inquest, which took place in Salisbury, Gunner Beck’s mother, Leighann McCready, said that her daughter ‘did not feel safe’ as time went on.

The WhatsApp messages included a number of intrusive messages from Mason, who Beck helped to support as she said he had mental health problems.

Some of the texts from Mason read: “Love you Jayse. As a friend,” and “I will always be there along for the ride with you, I have said it before but you’re stuck with me forever now. I love you x As a friend, I love you.”

One particular message prompted a response, as she wrote on 25 November: “This whole falling in love with me, its becoming a bit too much, I have just come out of a relationship and I’m just not wanting to be involved in anything like this.

“It’s weighing me down a little bit, I’ll be totally honest with you.

“Totally honest here, I just don’t want to hear how you feel about me.”

McCready said that Mason ‘was overstepping’, saying that her daughter told the family that he was ‘becoming a creep’.

Beck was becoming increasingly disturbed by messages from Mason (PA)

Beck even wrote that she was afraid that Mason was watching her, and on 4 December, she said: “It’s snapping me, I have replied to you and in the space of a couple of minutes you sent three texts and tried to phone me. Can you understand why I think it’s a bit too much?”

The mum even admitted that her daughter called to suggest that Mason has hacked her phone, calling him ‘a bit obsessive’, and believed that he would organise work trips with her more often than with other colleagues.

On 7 December, Beck called her mum ‘upset and crying’, fearing something was going to happen as she became more worried that her phone was being tracked.

The inquest also saw a draft text that she planned to send Mason, which read: “I honestly feel trapped in this whole situation, I have tried to act as normal as possible because we are working together but nothing normal about this situation.

“It’s possessive and psychotic, you have to understand it’s not normal behaviour.

“I am struggling to deal with all of this, it’s taking a huge toll on my own mental health for many personal reasons. I need time out.”

Beck didn’t complain though, as she feared for her reputation in the army, and McCready explained that Beck was also upset by her uncle’s suicide in August 2020 and just got out of a relationship.

The teenager had previously complained of being assaulted by a sergeant (PA)

The inquest further heard that the 19-year-old complained of being assaulted by a sergeant on a team-building stay near Emsworth, where he put his hand ‘between her legs’ in July 2021.

The sergeant in question only received a minor sanction and an apology letter from him wasn’t received well by Beck, as he said that ‘his door was open’ to her. The Army service inquiry report detailed this as ‘possibly a factor’ that may have stopped her from reporting on ‘other events that happened subsequently’.

Though her family reject it, the report said that family problems, which included a bereavement, caused her death.

They also said that there were three factors that contributed, which was the ‘significant strain’ of a sexual relationship with a married colleague in the last few weeks of her life, a relationship which ended in November 2021 and involved ‘repeated allegations of unfaithfulness on the part of the boyfriend’, and drinking habits that included ‘binge drinking’.

It was stated that Beck has no mental health conditions and did not seek welfare support.

The inquest is ongoing.

14-year-old Scarlett Vickers died after being stabbed in the chest by her father, Simon, in what was described as a ‘play fight’ at the family home.

Vickers, 50, has since been found guilty of his daughter’s killing and sentenced to life in prison, serving a minimum of 15 years behind bars.

Vickers had maintained throughout the trial that he did not intend to kill his daughter and that Scarlett had accidentally received the 11cm chest wound as a result of a ‘play fight’ gone horribly wrong.

Simon Vickers has been found guilty of stabbing his 14-year-old daughter Scarlett (Durham Police/PA)

Following his sentencing at Teeside Crown Court, Scarlett’s grandfather has spoken out in support of his son and claimed that he would never ‘deliberately’ hurt his daughter.

“He would never in a million years have hurt her deliberately,” Barrie, 78, said in an interview with The Sun.

“Scarlett was his life. Simon would have killed himself before he laid one finger on that girl. And I’d be the first one not to speak to him again had I thought for one second he did it.”

He added: “We know Simon wouldn’t have killed her. We know the truth. It was an accident.”

Barrie isn’t the first person to stand by Vickers’ side either, as Scarlett’s mother, Sarah Hall – Vickers’ partner – has also supported him.

Sarah had stood by her partner throughout the trial, where jurors learnt that Scarlett had bled to death in her kitchen, telling the court: “It was an accident, I know he would never harm her.”

Defence Nicholas Lumley KC added that the family shared the view that Vickers ‘did not intend Scarlett any harm’ on the night in question.

“None can believe that he will now be known as Scarlett’s murderer,” he said.

Vickers will serve a minimum of 15 years in prison (Google Maps)

However, this point of view wasn’t shared by Mr Justice Cotter, who called Vickers’ version of events ‘unconvincing and wholly implausible.’

“You have never accepted exactly what happened, although you have accepted it was your actions that caused her death,” he said.

“Your beloved daughter deserved that you told the truth, you have not done so.”

He continued: “Scarlett was just 14, a normal, healthy woman with a long life ahead of her when it was cut short by you.

“She died in the kitchen of her own home within minutes of having been stabbed. It went from an ordinary, happy family Friday night to tragedy within seconds due to what must have been your loss of temper.”

Christopher Atkinson, Head of the Complex Casework Unit for CPS North East, said: “It is difficult to understand what motivated Simon Vickers to take the life of his daughter, Scarlett.

“In the absence of any plausible explanation on his part, we may never fully understand the circumstances which led to her tragic death.

“What is abundantly clear is that the account provided by Simon Vickers was wholly inconsistent with the forensic evidence in this case.

“Crucially, the medical expert we instructed to examine Scarlett’s injuries made it clear that they could only have been caused had the knife been firmly gripped as it made contact.”

But this woman has to tape or glue hers open just to be able to see due to a bizarre condition.

One morning in May 2023, Tia-Leigh Streamer assumed she just had a bit of hay fever when she awoke with a drooping eyelid.

And then, in that December, she woke up unable to open either of her eyes. The 20-year-old was referred to a specialist, with both her GP and doctors at Southampton hospital baffled by what was causing it.

And in severe cases, suffers may be unable to open their eyes due to excessive eyelid spasm.

The Dorset woman said she has the ‘same level of sight’ as someone who is visually impaired, except she’s ‘got nothing wrong’ with her eyesight.

“I know it’s neurological but they [the doctors] don’t know what causes it which makes it worse for me, because if they could say it’s caused from this, I think it would make me feel slightly less in the dark,” she said.

“To be told I’ve got this for the rest of my life and not know why is a hard thing to deal with.”

There is currently no cure for the condition, but doctors have been trialling a way to help Streamer keep her eyes open – Botox injections.

This has been trialled by docs at Royal Bournemouth hospital since March last year and she hasn’t been able to open her eyes without the jabs since.

When the Botox wears off, the only way she can see is by taping and gluing her eyelids or holding her eyes open with her hands. But even when it is effective, sunlight, car headlights and computer screens can trigger Streamer’s eyes to close.

She has Botox injections to keep them open (Kennedy News and Media)

The woman says she’s not ‘been coping very well’ with the ordeal, as she says it’s particularly harder when the Botox runs out.

“The more often I have it, at some point my body will get used to the Botox and it won’t work anymore,” she added.

“I have them done every eight to 10 weeks at the moment. It was 12 weeks. But I only get about three to five weeks where it actually takes any effect.”

Having to physically hold her eyelids open to be able to see, Streamer says doctors have told her the longer she does it for, the higher the chance of ‘actually damaging’ her eyes.

“I’ve actually had bruises on my eyelids from the tape before.”

Streamer was training to become an accountant but her condition caused her to stop working.

“It was awful to be honest, I had everything planned out. I was training to do that and I was saving to move out and get married and have children and it was all taken away from me,” she said.

Tia-Leigh has really struggled with the condition (Kennedy News and Media)

But the main thing she struggles with is the lack of freedom as she ‘can’t be independent as much anymore’. It’s stopped her from doing things she enjoys, as well as the basics like making dinner.

“It’s like I’m going back to being a child again because I can’t use a knife and fork and see what I’m doing,” she added.

Streamer is particularly worried about having a baby with her partner.

“Night-time is the worst, they just won’t open at all. I have nightmares about a baby next to me and it’s crying and I can’t wake my husband up and I can’t get around to help because of my eyes,” she explained.

“I do know now there are things that can be put in place to help because obviously people who are blind all the time still have children.”

Streamer said it’s going to be a ‘trial and error year’ with her doctor as they vary the amounts of Botox to see if they can find a better balance.

The American rapper put in a memorable Super Bowl half-time performance last night (9 February), and made further headlines for one of the songs on his setlist.

You don’t need to be a genius to figure out which of the ‘HUMBLE’ rapper’s tunes we’re on about.

‘Not Like Us’ was released in May 2024, and it was widely regarded as the song of the summer, despite being the exclamation mark in a rap beef with Canadian rapper, Drake.

And Lamar went on to perform his diss track as part of the show, despite Drake already filing a lawsuit against the record company, though he had to censor his well-known ‘certified p**dophile’ line, for all the kids watching.

For those who aren’t familiar with the line, it goes: “Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young / You better not ever go to cell block one / To any b**ch that talk to him and they in love / Just make sure you hide your lil’ sister from him / They tell me Chubbs the only one that get your hand-me-downs / And Party at the party playin’ with his nose now / And Baka got a weird case, why is he around? / Certified Lover Boy? Certified (missed out ‘p**dophiles’ lyric).”

But after performing the song in front of millions and giving the camera a cheeky smile, it turns out that there’s been another dig at Drake that we’ve missed.

Surprisingly, it was video game-related, and it could be seen at the end of the show.

As the crowd cheered and applauded him after appearances from SZA and Samuel L. Jackson, Lamar closed his show by turning the lights down, the words ‘Game Over’ being displayed on the side of the stadium.

On stage though, the iconic Playstation symbols of a cross, circle, triangle, and square could be seen.

More or less a victory lap after triumphing over Drake, this move may have been one to rub salt into the wounds of the Canadian, who is currently in Australia.

Regardless, music and video game fans were elated to see that the stage was seemingly a big reference to gaming after the iconic show that the LA rapper put on.

SZA made an appearance for a couple of Lamar’s songs (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

One fan took to X to say: “Kendrick Lamar brought out the PlayStation symbols and said ‘Game Over’.”

Another wrote: “Serena Williams, Samuel Jackson, PlayStation references, the GNX, the whole stadium yelling ‘A MINORR’ ugh the dancers in red, white & blue, SZA?! Thank you Kendrick. The revolution will be televised.”

The tune went viral and will undoubtedly go down as one of the tunes of the 2020s, earning the rapper a number of Grammy awards just a week before this performance.

It’s a bold statement to make, and if it’s true, it’s a win for the supernatural lovers, as the mum claimed that she saw the figure ‘disappear’ after she returned from a walk last week.

On 4 February, Jackie Batt, 55, got back from a walk and was told by her neighbour Kerry-Anne Docherty, 46, that she may want to watch a video that she sent over.

The creepy Ring doorbell footage showed Batt walking past Docherty’s home, but also revealed a ‘tall’ woman in what looked like 1940s clothes walking the other way.

Following this weird occurrence, she vanished into thin air, though when Docherty suggested that this may be a glitch, Batt said that she only walked past a man.

In fact, Batt theorised that the figure in the peculiar footage was the ghost of ‘a miner’s wife’.

Docherty posted the video on Facebook, shot around 7am, with users split on it being a glitch or an actual spirit.

Batt explained that they live in the same cul-de-sac, and she was simply on a walk before getting a message from her neighbour.

“She then sent me her Ring doorbell footage and I said ‘wow’. You see me walk past and then I can only assume it’s a lady dressed in 40s clothing but I didn’t see anyone. I would have remembered seeing her,” the Brit claimed.

“The building where we live was built in the 1940s for the miners at the time. I can only assume it is a miner’s wife.”

Claiming that others online agreed, she explained: “Some have said it could have been a glitch or a shadow from me but I’m quite short and she’s really tall.

“She looks like she disappeared into thin air. She looked like she had a long coat on with a hat and little wedged shoes and it was a strange one.”

Batt thinks that it must be a ghost, while Docherty doesn’t want to believe that it is (Kennedy)

Docherty usually checks the footage captured by her Ring doorbell as there was a robbery nearby, and she generally likes to see what goes on in the street.

However, unlike Batt, she is sceptical of the paranormal, though struggles to find an explanation for last week’s footage.

Speaking more about what people said about the video on social media, she said people called it a ‘spirit’, even adding: “At one point when she’s walking past another neighbour’s house you can see the gate through her.

“She looks like she dissolves into thin air at the end too.”

In the post on Facebook, Docherty shared the video, explaining that her neighbour didn’t see the woman walking past before dissolving, saying: “I’m not a paranormal believer (basically because I’ve never really witnessed anything) but I am now kind of sceptical.

“If anyone can shed any light [on this] I would be truly grateful.”

Is this the ghost of a miner’s wife? (Kennedy News and Media)

Both women are stumped on what the figure really was (Kennedy)

One user suggested that it could be ‘a spirit’, ‘another dimension’, or even ‘a sentient being’. Far-fetched ideas at best.

A couple of other agreed on the figure wearing 40s clothing too, adding to the theory.

While many will have paid hundreds, if not thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars to see Kendrick’s halftime show and the end to the Chiefs dynasty by the Eagles, not many will have paid more than Donald Trump.

It is estimated that the President of the United States spent between $15 million and $20 million due to the cost of secret service, and air travel and motorcade, as well as local law enforcement and improvements to stadium security.

It had him departing around 8pm local time, around about the time Lamar performed the halftime show.

This has had people online speculating as to the reasons behind it.

Theory one – Trump is a Chiefs supporter

One pervasive theory on Twitter surrounded the idea that Trump was unhappy due to the fact that the Kansas City Chiefs were being trounced by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Though Trump has never revealed which team he supports he was more positive in his discussion of the Chiefs, noting that the wife of quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Brittany Mahomes, is rumoured to be a Trump fan.

Star tight-end Travis Kelce also revealed that it was ‘an honour’ to play in front of any president when asked about Trump’s attendance.

This led one fan to post a picture of Kelce online and say: “Imagine saying ‘it’s an honor’ for Trump to watch you play at the Super Bowl only for him to leave early cause y’all was getting beat so bad. LOOOOSSEEERRRRRR.”

The Chiefs ended up failing in their attempt to win a third successive Super Bowl, losing 40-22.

Theory 2 – Trump was offended by Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance

Though many focused on Lamar’s shots fired at fellow rapper Drake, many noticed elements of his performance which were interpreted as clear protests against Trump.

In particular, fans noticed the changed phrase of ‘The revolution is about to be televised, you picked the right time but the wrong guy’ at the top of his performance.

One fan tweeted: “Kendrick Lamar dissed Trump and protested the United States in front of him and Trump got scared and left the Super Bowl early. It just doesn’t get any better than that.”

Another said: “Kendrick knew Trump was in attendance and he still did that. Epic.”

Fans felt Lamar’s performance was critical of America (Cindy Ord)

Lamar also made a reference to ‘forty acres and a mule’, a promise made to freed slaves by a Union General, and had Samuel L. Jackson appear as ‘Uncle Sam’.

Theory 3 – It was just a matter of logistics

One fan responded to those pointing out that he was already on Air Force One before the match finished and said: “Not just Trump. All US Presidents leave major events like this early.

“Imagine the security nightmare for Secret Service if he stayed until the end and left at the same time as everyone else. Doing the crowd a favor by leaving early due to road closures for motorcade to pass.”

The jury found Simon Vickers, 50, guilty of murder after they heard accounts of how he stabbed his daughter Scarlett in the chest with a kitchen knife, causing a wound 11cm deep.

The girl’s mother, Sarah Hall, was the only other person in the room at the time and told Teesside Crown Court that Vickers loved his daughter and would never hurt her.

However, a jury convicted him of murder over manslaughter by 10 to two votes, and Vickers was sentenced to life imprisonment as a result.

Christopher Atkinson, Head of the Complex Casework Unit for CPS North East, said: “It is difficult to understand what motivated Simon Vickers to take the life of his daughter, Scarlett.

“In the absence of any plausible explanation on his part, we may never fully understand the circumstances which led to her tragic death.

“What is abundantly clear is that the account provided by Simon Vickers was wholly inconsistent with the forensic evidence in this case.

“Crucially, the medical expert we instructed to examine Scarlett’s injuries made it clear that they could only have been caused had the knife been firmly gripped as it made contact.”

Home Office pathologist Dr Jennifer Bolton explained that the way the knife went into the 14-year-old’s chest meant it must have been used with force.

Simon Vickers has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years (Durham Police/PA)

Vickers had been drinking wine, watching the Euros football and had smoked cannabis earlier in the day, with Hall saying that he and his daughter had been throwing grapes at each other for fun.

She said that she’d snipped at Vickers with a pair of kitchen tongs and Scarlett called him ‘wimpy’ when he said it hurt.

Hall said that she turned away to prepare a meal and heard Scarlett say ‘ow’, at which point she turned back and saw her daughter bleeding.

The mum called the police, saying they’d been ‘messing about’ and that Vickers had thrown something at their daughter ‘and he didn’t realise’.

Vickers claimed that his daughter had leapt towards him while play fighting and it had been a ‘freak accident’, saying that he’d picked up what he thought were the kitchen tongs and swiped them across Scarlett’s chest.

Prosecutor Mark McKone KC told the jury that he accepted Vickers loved his daughter and was ‘devastated’ at her death, but the blow that killed her could not have been caused by being accidentally swiped across the chest.