Papers consider Brown's new team

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With Gordon Brown set to take over as Labour Party leader, several Sundays consider who will be in his team.

The Sunday Telegraph and The Observer predict Jack Straw and Alistair Darling will become what the Telegraph calls the "big beasts" of the Brown cabinet.

The Telegraph tips Mr Darling as the new chancellor and Mr Straw to oversee a programme of constitutional reform.

Treasury minister Ed Balls and his wife Yvette Cooper, the housing minister, are predicted to be rising stars.

EU 'dilemma'

The Sunday Times says Tony Blair has landed Mr Brown with a dilemma after the EU Summit.

It says while Mr Blair might insist he preserved Britain's foreign policy control, the treaty's small print reveals something altogether different.

The paper says it prepares the way for a powerful new EU diplomatic corps with ambassadors worldwide.

The Observer has good news for Mr Brown with a poll suggesting his takeover has helped boost Labour's popularity by 4%.

Blair at Vatican

The Mail on Sunday looks at Mr Blair's audience with the Pope and claims the prime minister was on the receiving end of a stern lecture over his record.

It says the Pope tackled him on the crisis in Iraq, and criticised laws allowing stem cell research, same-sex marriage and adoption by gay couples.

The Observer calls the two men's meeting "a frank exchange of views".

It says leading Catholics believe that such tensions should not prevent Mr Blair from becoming a Catholic.

New medal

Paramedics who risked their lives after the 7 July attacks will be awarded a new medal, the News of the World says.

It claims a Queen's Ambulance Service Medal will be created for bravery.

Elsewhere, the Sunday Express calls David Beckham's first game for LA Galaxy the "most eagerly anticipated British invasion" since The Beatles.

The Sunday Mirror calls Glastonbury a carnival of joyous British daftness, and another reason why our European neighbours think Britain is truly mad.