Papers focus on fog travel chaos

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The threat to the Christmas getaway caused by severe fog is reported in Thursday's newspapers.

The Daily Mail warns that thousands of air travellers will be stranded or delayed by grounded flights.

According to the Mail, "Britain's creaking transport system" looks to be "on the verge of collapsing" under the strain of flight cancellations.

And the Daily Telegraph points out that "driving conditions are also likely to be treacherous" in much of the UK.

Two womb triplets

The Daily Star and Daily Mirror are among papers which have prominently reported the case of a women with two wombs giving birth to three baby girls.

The Star has a photograph of smiling Hannah Kersey with her triplets. She says the babies were conceived from two eggs - one in each womb.

One egg split and produced identical twins, the other produced one baby.

Meanwhile, the Mirror points out that just one per cent of women are born with two wombs.

Money warning

The Financial Times carries an International Monitory Fund warning that Britain's public finances have deteriorated in recent years.

The IMF reportedly believes that Britain could not withstand another global downturn.

According to the paper, the IMF has asked Gordon Brown to consider changing his fiscal policies.

But the FT says the IMF recommendations were included in a generally positive assessment of the economy.

'Whitewash Christmas'

The sports pages are dominated by the inquiry into football's so-called bung culture and Shane Warne's retirement.

The Sun says Lord Stevens' inquiry into transfers "descended into farce" after he said the game was clean. The headline is: "Whitewash Christmas".

In the Mail, Nasser Hussain describes Shane Warne as the "greatest" cricketer of all time", adding that "it is the right moment for him to quit".

Hussain said playing against him was the "ultimate test" for a batsman.