Focus falls on education minister

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There is talk of an embarrassment for Education Secretary Alan Johnson after claims that advisors tried to bury bad news about primary school test results.

The Daily Mail says the controversy - over the release of the figures on the same day as better GCSE results - is a blow to his Labour leadership hopes.

The Times believes Mr Johnson's "nice guy" image has been dented.

The Daily Telegraph says he has so far "managed to avoid serious controversy or questions about his integrity."

Mixed reviews

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell is still under scrutiny.

The sketch writers have delivered mixed reviews of his performance so far at the Lib Dems' Brighton conference.

The Telegraph's Andrew Gimson says Sir Menzies came across as shrewd, honest and amiable during an informal question and answer session.

But he adds that just a few months after losing Charles Kennedy as leader the Lib Dems are grumbling about his successor being too sober.

Queen's head

The headline in the Mail - "Off with the Queen's head" - is not quite what it might seem.

The paper says a new service to allow people to pay for postage online will not feature the Queen's head, so ending a tradition of more than 160 years.

The Mail asks whether the post still has the right to call itself royal.

A stamp expert tells the Times that it is not good news for collectors, and he dismisses labels and print-offs as "awful and not collectable".

Divorce settlement

TV presenter Chris Tarrant and his wife Ingrid are in the news with reports that they are to part.

The Daily Mirror is among several papers to display a picture of Mrs Tarrant with the headline "It's over".

The Sun puts the divorce settlement at £17.5m if - as contestants say in Who Wants to be a Millionaire - Ingrid Tarrant agrees to go 50/50.

The Daily Express says reports of the split just hours after Ingrid said she hoped the relationship could be salvaged.