'Soft-on-drugs police' under fire

Several papers consider Gordon Brown's reported plan to return cannabis to classification as a class B drug after it was downgraded to class C four years ago.

The Daily Mail is pleased with the move, calling it "brave and correct".

But it is not impressed that the Association of Chief Police Officers intends to continue letting off with a warning people caught with small amounts.

The Sun encapsulates its views in a single headline: "Gone to pot: PM's dope blitz in ruins as cops go soft."

Lesbian by name

The Times is concerned about a plan to take up to 24,000 incompetent teachers out of the classroom, retrain them and put them to work in different schools.

The paper argues that bad teachers should be sacked, not moved around.

The Guardian is bemused by inhabitants of Greek island Lesbos trying to stop gay women calling themselves lesbians.

"Someone should tell the Greeks that their current taste for historical indignation generates not sympathy, but ridicule," it says.

Bluebells in danger

Meanwhile, environmental issues preoccupy the Independent in its lead story.

It reports on a survey that suggests more than seven out of 10 people are not prepared to pay higher taxes to fund environmental projects.

Green issues of a different kind are on the mind of the Daily Express.

The British bluebell is, it says, at risk of being undermined by the Spanish version, which is more robust and has spread from gardens into the wild.

Toy websites

Local election results may have been too late for the papers, but some choose to examine related issues.

The Guardian alleges that senior Labour figures admit the government has not done enough to end postal ballot fraud.

The Financial Times reports on concerns about the websites of some large toy companies that encourage children to play product-related games online.

The paper quotes campaigners who are worried about the commercial nature of many of the sites.