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The owners of a family business claim to have received bomb threats as they prepare for a High Court battle against Tottenham Hotspur's £400 million stadium redevelopment.

The owners of Archway Sheet Metal Works today begin a two-day hearing as they challenge a compulsory purchase order that could force them to make way for the new 56,000 capacity stadium complex.

A mystery fire gutted the premises near the North Stand at White Hart Lane in November and the owners have said they have received "bomb threats".

Josif Josif, 46, who runs the family business, said at the time of the fire: "People were calling us and threatening us and we were receiving bomb threats and that started a few months ago, but we don't know if that's got anything to do with it."

The firm describes itself as a "wonderfully old-fashioned family business" producing metal items for the catering and hospitality industry.

The owners have been in a dispute with Spurs for the last decade over its redevelopment plans.

The club has planning permission for the new stadium it hopes to open for the 2018/19 season.

A Tottenham club spokesman said: "We have already successfully and amicably relocated more than 70 businesses in the area to the satisfaction of all parties concerned and a number of these organisations continue to reside in the borough.

"Whilst we were able to accommodate all these other businesses' requests, in the instance of Archway, we have been unable to reach agreement over the period of the last seven years."