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Tam Dalyell, the ex-MP who coined the so-called West Lothian Question 30 years ago, is back in the spotlight.

As the Daily Telegraph reminds readers, it was Mr Dalyell who first queried why Scottish MPs should be able to vote on English affairs, but not vice versa.

The Daily Mail says the Tory ex-cabinet minister Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who calls for English MPs alone to vote on English affairs, may have the answer.

But the Daily Mirror warns that the Conservatives are playing with fire.

Scot free?

Several papers run the rule over Alex Salmond and his first speech to an SNP conference as Scottish First Minister.

The Guardian says there was no triumphalism, no cries for immediate independence, and no flaunting of tartan defiance against England.

Instead, Mr Salmond wants to show he can govern in a business-like fashion.

The Financial Times says that he is determined to hold an independence referendum, but he may struggle to push the measure through Holyrood.

Regal rumblings

Further details of the alleged blackmail plot involving a Royal family member make several front pages.

The Sun names both men said to be involved in the case and reports that one of them moved, as it puts it, on the fringes of the royal family.

In the Daily Mail, the story is the lead; as it is in the Daily Mirror, which says the case is a "sensation".

At the other end of the market, the story gets page one treatment in the Guardian and the Telegraph.

Ruff justice

The Independent reveals that more awards have been showered on the Stephen Frears' film "The Queen".

Its star, Dame Helen Mirren, received an Oscar - and now several of her "co-stars" have been honoured.

Five corgis who played Dame Helen's companions were winners at the inaugural Fido Film Awards in London, part of the London Film Festival.

Organiser Toby Rose says the Fidos are "the first time that an international A-list film festival has invited dogs".