26/06/2017 Newsround

Good afternoon!

I'm Jenny, this is Newsround, and get ready for

a Harry Potter-tastic bulletin.

Coming up, we reveal which animal you voted to take to Hogwarts.

And keep it Newsround for some daring dives.

First, it's time to don your wizarding cape, grab a broomstick

and get out your wand, because today,

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone turns 20 years old.

To celebrate, we've been asking you to decide which animal you'd

take with you to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

You had to chose between a sloth, dolphin, bat,

gecko, dog and hamster.

And now, we can officially reveal that...

the dog has won!

More than a third of you would take a canine companion!

Bats came second, closely followed by geckos.

The books have been translated into more than 60 languages,

selling more than 400 million copies around the world, but what is it

about the magical world of Harry, Ron and Hermione

that makes them so popular?

We spoke to some fans about how Harry helped them. Watch this.

I love Harry Potter because it's just an amazing story.

It's an amazing, spellbinding adventure.

It's just one of those things that when you are feeling sad,

just pick up Harry Potter and you get taken away

to a different world.

If I'm down, just pick up the book and, like, my mind goes

into Hogwarts and everything.

I moved earlier this year and I think it helped me

with the transition I made, because it's a transition

he made when he went from growing up with muggles

to going to a wizarding school.

Harry Potter has helped me in my own life, because I find it

really easy to link with other people who enjoy Harry Potter,

and that has helped me make so many new friends.

Recently, I had to deal with the death of my grandad,

and I found that really upsetting.

But then I looked back at Harry Potter and he's such

a courageous character I just looked back at the quotes,

like for example, "Happiness can be found even in the darkest places,"

and that just really made me carry on.

ALL: Harry Potter!

Thanks, guys.

And did you know that a lot of the ideas for the books came

from real places here in the UK?

I bring you our top five.

The first stop on our Harry Potter tour is a little cafe in the heart

of Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh.

This is the place where JK Rowling used to come to write

the Harry Potter books.

She would sit in this exact seat.

Now people come from around the world to visit it.

And if you look out of the window from this spot, there is one pretty

big clue about where the idea for her wizarding school came from.

Our second landmark, Edinburgh Castle,

the inspiration for Hogwarts.

"Perched atop a high mountain, its windows sparkling in the starry

sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers."

Yup, pretty accurate.

Yes, a graveyard!

The books are packed full of characters with unusual names -

Sirius Black, Albus Dumbledore, Narcissa Malfoy.

Some of them, she got from the names of flowers, stars,

or Latin, which she studied.

Others, she got from places like this.

Potter fans will recognise this is the first place where we really

get an idea of what Harry can do.

Where our journey comes to an end, but where Harry's really begins.

Not only does he meet his best friend Ron here, but it's also

the spot where he takes the Hogwarts Express

for the very first time.

I wonder if I can get there too?

Next, to a very extreme diving competition

that's taken place in Ireland.

Around 20 daredevil divers got involved, jumping from nearly

three times the height of an Olympic board.

They landed in a pool of water known as the Serpent's Lair,

which is just off the west coast of Ireland.

British diver Gary Hunt won the men's competition.

Amazing! But don't try this yourself.

Get online for more of that, and we've also got five top facts

on the UK's biggest-ever warship, being tested at sea today.

Well, that's all your Pottertastic news, my muggle friends,

we're back tomorrow morning. Bye, now.

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