Arsenal spoke of their ‘‘relief’’ after a High Court judge today rejected a challenge by local residents to Islington Council’s decision to grant the club to build a new stadium at Ashburton Grove.

Beleaguered British Transport Secretary Stephen Byers finally threw in the towel today.

British Transport Secretary Stephen Byers has resigned.

Grieving relatives are at Potter’s Bar railway station as Transport Secretary Stephen Byers disclosed that vandalism and individual error were still among the possible causes of Friday’s rail disaster.

A points failure tonight emerged as the likely cause of the Potters Bar rail disaster which claimed the lives of seven people and injured dozens more.

The cause of the Potters Bar rail crash, which left seven people dead and dozens injured, could be known within days, it emerged today.

Britain's Transport Secretary Stephen Byers says rail travel is still one of the safest forms of transport.

Beleaguered telecoms group Marconi is set to come under further pressure, after it emerged that Railtrack is to sue it for £20m (€32.6m).

Former Tory Cabinet minister and former shadow transport secretary John Redwood said Mr Byers’ figures had ‘‘more holes that a sieve’’.

Arsenal's plans for a new stadium have finally been given the go-ahead.

British Transport Secretary Stephen Byers is facing demands to resign after his spin doctor and press chief were forced to quit.

Rory Bremner says his job is getting harder because British politicians are so boring.

Britain today faced the threat of wider industrial action while a senior Labour MP said slow investment in transport has left the country with the worst railways in Europe.

Railtrack’s biggest shareholders were today considering their next move after Transport Secretary Stephen Byers failed to show them documents relating to his decision to put the company into administration.

Belgian brewing giant Interbrew has sold Carling Brewers to US beer group Adolph Coors in a £1.2bn deal.

A consortium which plans to turn the Millennium Dome into a 20,000-seater sports and music venue was today given the chance to make the so far ill-fated venture a success.

UK airlines badly affected by the September 11 attacks are to share a £40m government compensation package.

British government spin doctor Jo Moore should go despite apologising for describing September 11 as a ‘‘good day’’ to sneak out bad news, a colleague said today.

EU governments have agreed to coordinate airport and aircraft security controls for the first time in the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

A decision on which company takes over the running of a key London to Scotland rail route was today expected to be announced by the British Government.

Bass plans to change its name to Six Continents after selling off its traditional brewing operations.

Labour has officially won the 2001 British General Election after the party passed the benchmark figure of 330 seats.

British Telecom chief executive Peter Bonfield could earn almost £3m this year after signing a new contract with the group, it emerged today.

The controversy over the Countess of Wessex has taken a new twist with a Government minister saying the Royal Family are "a bit bonkers".

Tony Blair is set to sacrifice his May 3 general election as he battles to bring the foot-and-mouth outbreak under control.

Corus has agreed to study union plans aimed at saving 6,000 threatened jobs after a "very productive" meeting with unions.

Union leaders were today finalising a £90m plan aimed at saving 6,000 Corus steel jobs.

A fresh spate of bad news from the tech and telecoms sectors in the US left stocks on this side of the Atlantic ending the week down nearly 60 points.

Lloyds TSB and Abbey National are under pressure on the London Stock Exchange after Trade Secretary Stephen Byers referred Lloyds' proposed takeover bid to the Competition Commission.

The Trade and Industry secretary has referred the proposed takeover of Abbey National by Lloyds TSB to the Competition Commission