Telegraph, UK
July 24, 2007
www.telegraph.co.uk

---

ReligionNewsBlog.com • Item 18847 • Posted: Friday July 27, 2007  

---

A coven of witches is claiming victory in its battle to get the name of a £350 million shopping centre changed.

The witches were outraged when developer Hammerson called the Leicester project – a huge extension of the city’s Shires malls – the Highcross Quarter.

That is also the title for sacred times in the wicca calendar, and the group of Leicestershire witches had already set up a website with the same name.

Now, after a year-long wrangle, Hammerson has changed the name of the development to Highcross Leicester.

The company was not commenting today on whether its trouble with the local “alternative faith group” had influenced the move.

But in a statement on their website, the witches said: “We received indications that Hammerson Plc had finally accepted our advice to use another name altogether.

“It is our expectation that as a ‘big’ company, Hammerson Plc will now be big in the way it concedes to us, a small local alternative faith group, and that we can draw a line under this whole matter.

The coven wanted to set up an internet site to “break through the ignorance and misunderstanding, prejudice and stigma” attached to witchcraft.

But it was then forced, it claims, to turn down a number of unsolicited offers from Hammerson for its domain names Highcrossquarter.com and Highcrossquarter.co.uk.

When the group refused, the company began proceedings with the United Nation’s World Intellectual Property Organisation, which adjudicates on internet domain names, to force the coven to hand over the online title, said Ms Wisecraft.

In a statement, Richard Brown, senior development executive at Hammerson, said: “Initially, Highcross Quarter was used to describe the development to potential new retailers and to our city centre partners in recognition of the wider city regeneration.

“It has now evolved to Highcross Leicester, which we believe will give it a stronger identity for customers and raise the profile not only of the development but also the city.”

---

What You Can Do From Here

---

Read More Articles On These Topics Categories: Witchcraft Share, Blog About, Bookmark, or Email This Article Subscribe Religion News Blog RSS feed [What is this?] RSS by topic: Witchcraft Read Another Article Previous entry: Mitt Romney Weighing Speech on Religion Next entry: Some say schools giving Muslims special treatment RNB Homepage with latest headlines Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults Find Related Books Witchcraft Most Popular Today Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway sarin attack Cult survivor relives history of servitude in the Brisbane Christian Fellowship Cults should be given nowhere to hide FLDS sect member Merril Leroy Jessop sentenced to 75 years in prison

---

Share This Article

---

To share this page simply copy and paste one of these URL's:

• Post a link on your blog or website:
  
• Send in an email or IM:
  
• Post on a forum:
  

Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support.

Note: results are listed on another domain -- CounterCultSearch.com -- from which you can easily return here.

Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs.

Note: results are listed on another domain -- ApologeticsSearch.com -- from which you can easily return here.