Reaction to Saudi arms deal ruling

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The High Court ruling that a fraud probe into the Saudi arms deal should not have been stopped divides opinion.

The Daily Express sees it as a humiliating rebuff to Tony Blair and former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith.

The Times agrees that the ruling was one of the most strongly worded judicial attacks on government action.

The Daily Mirror says ministers deserved the searing condemnation, but the Sun says Tony Blair's decision was not pretty, but he was right.

Bank woes

The decision by some banks to raise their charges despite the cut in interest rates makes the front pages.

The Guardian quotes Lib Dem Vince Cable, who expressed concern that some banks may be using the economic climate as an opportunity to increase profits.

The Daily Mail warns banks must not be allowed to get away with rebuilding profits at the expense of customers.

The Times illustrates the rising costs faced by families with pictures of homes, holidays, fuel and food.

Getting there

The Independent hails the "New Age of the Train" on its front page.

Demand for environmentally friendly transport is encouraging people to take more train journeys than at any time since World War II, it reports.

But the paper claims rail networks elsewhere in Europe are cheaper, quicker and less congested.

The Times reports that the UK is the only leading European country that has yet to build, or commit to building, a network of high-speed lines.

Swing low

The Daily Telegraph is just one of the papers to report the outrage of residents at plans to open a swingers club in their small Devon village.

A local landowner is launching Club Vanilla later this month, complete with whirlpool bath, dance floor and "play areas".

The Times says the 54-year-old decided that entertainment for discreet couples would be less trouble than the discos he had been holding for teenagers.

Residents in the "sleepy" village of Horswell want it banned, says the Sun.