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Harry Potter fans successfully prompted an alteration in the route of an electricity interconnector connecting the UK and Ireland to safeguard a memorial dedicated to Dobby the House Elf. Project manager Simon Ludlam said his firm received "hundreds of calls" after a BBC News interview showed the cable's original path.
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