Papers positive about Brown's son

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The announcement that Gordon Brown's four-month-old son Fraser has cystic fibrosis (CF) makes most front pages.

The Sun suggests medical breakthroughs have already improved the child's expected quality of life.

A positive tone is also taken by the Mirror which describes the Browns' refusal to see Fraser's diagnosis as a tragedy.

The Mail says if he had been born in England not Scotland his parents may not yet know about his CF.

'Devastating verdict'

While Gordon Brown is receiving the support of the media some papers make less happy reading for Tony Blair.

The Times front page carries a "devastating verdict" on the prime minister's backing of the war in Iraq.

It quotes a senior US official describing Blair's relationship with Bush as "one-sided".

The story is also carried in the Daily Telegraph, which quotes the official saying the special relationship between Britain and the US is "just a myth".

Spotlight

All the papers report on the discovery of traces of radioactive substances on two BA planes which have flown between London and Moscow.

The Daily Telegraph says the find points the finger of suspicion over the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko at Moscow.

The Mail says the discovery throws the spotlight on a meeting between Mr Litvinenko and a KGB agent.

While, according to the Sun, it proves the poison which killed Mr Litvinenko came from Russia.

Addiction cure

The death of anti-smoking campaigner Allen Carr of lung cancer at the age of 72 also features widely.

With a headline "From Ash to Cash" the Sun describes how Mr Carr gave up his 100-a-day habit and subsequently made a £120m fortune helping others to quit.

The Daily Telegraph explained his system worked on the basis that a person needed only to understand their addiction to cure it.

The Mirror says Mr Carr helped 10 million people quit smoking.