Andrew Gilligan, whose radio report triggered the row between Downing Street and the BBC that preceded the suicide of Iraqi weapons expert David Kelly, has resigned.
It was called the most crucial 48 hours of his political career with the potential of bringing his government down, but British Prime Minister Tony Blair has emerged from it, for the most part, unscathed.
The chairman of the BBC has resigned and the broadcaster apologised for some of its reporting on the buildup to the war in Iraq after an inquiry by a senior judge lambasted the corporation.