Obama journey to power followed

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Barack Obama's US election victory and his moves to assemble a team to help him govern continue to interest the papers.

The Daily Telegraph quotes Mr Obama's aides paying tribute to George Bush's efforts to ensure a smooth transition of power in the White House.

But the Guardian reports Mr Obama will move swiftly to unpick several items of contentious legislation on stem cell research and oil drilling.

The Independent reckons the mood of co-operation may snap before inauguration.

'Brave and welcome'

The main story for the Times reports that people living in council houses could no longer be entitled to a tenancy for life.

The proposals - being considered by Housing Minister Margaret Beckett - are part of a package that would see tenants facing regular reviews.

The plan is, says the paper, "brave and welcome" but it wants more, saying the reforms do not go far enough.

The looming recession means pressure on social housing is set to grow, it says.

Party claims

A picture of hundreds of unsold Land Rovers sitting at a company's distribution depot in Warwickshire features in the Daily Telegraph.

The paper reports that the firm, like other top-end car manufacturers, has seen sales plummet recently.

It also follows up claims HBOS threw a lavish party for its staff, costing an apparent Â£300,000.

This was shortly after accepting more than Â£11bn of taxpayers' money as part of the government's bail-out, it says.

'Thinking man's tsar'

The Daily Mail is among several papers to welcome Dame Joan Bakewell to her appointment as Voice of Older People.

It reminds readers of her famous sobriquet when a television presenter, but updates it with the headline: "The thinking man's tsar for the elderly."

Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror claims every unsolved murder from 1985 to 1999 is to be re-examined.

Up to 700 killings will be looked at, it says, to see if old forensic samples can be tested with new DNA technology.