Papers cover Blair's Europe push

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Moves to secure the new position of European president for Tony Blair are given wide coverage in the papers.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/26/tony-blair-european-union-presidency">Guardian says Gordon Brown has asked two senior civil servants</a> to lobby discreetly on Mr Blair's behalf.

An <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1223238/Why-President-Blair-travesty.html">editorial in the Daily Mail tells us "President Blair" would be a travesty</a> and an offence against democracy.

Patrick O'Flynn - the chief political commentator at the Daily Express - talks of "breathtaking contempt for the electorate".

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/voiceofthemirror/2009/10/27/royal-mail-postal-strike-talk-not-walk-115875-21775934/">Daily Mirror appeals to both sides in the postal dispute to "talk, not walk",</a> saying more strikes would only benefit private courier firms.

The paper features a postman who has refused to go on strike.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6441797/Paedophile-checks-even-for-those-not-working-with-children.html">Daily Telegraph says millions more people than predicted</a> are likely to be added to the anti-paedophile database.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/dominic-lawson/dominic-lawson-jimmy-carr-and-the-pomposity-of-those-professing-outrage-1809954.html">Dominic Lawson's Independent column, meanwhile, defends comedian Jimmy Carr</a> who has been condemned for joking about troops who lost limbs in Iraq.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223172/Police-making-criminals-40s-Target-culture-fuels-rise-time-convictions-Britains-middle-aged.html">The Daily Mail has figures showing the number of over-40s receiving a first conviction</a> is up by half since 2001.

The paper's editorial says the police are alienating the middle classes.

Warm weather

The Daily Mirror reports that 1,000 offences and £40,000 in fines have been run up by government drivers and chauffeurs over the past five years.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6891215.ece"> Times tells us customs officials arrested a man in Norway for trying to illegally import 14 snakes and 10 lizards</a> by taping them to his body.

Britain's favourite subject, the weather, features in several papers.

A global warming expert tells the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6891362.ece"> Times people need to turn vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change.</a>

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/136449">The Express leads on the recent mild spell, </a> telling us "Britain gets Indian summer" while the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223128/With-dazzling-sunshine-temperatures-soaring-70F-autumn-sees-arrival-UKs-official-Indian-Summer.html"> Daily Mail reminds us that last October it was snowing.</a>

The Sun says the balmy weather is thanks to warm air coming up from the Mediterranean - but adds it was even hotter in November 1946.