Cherie's apology leads papers

"I am not Superwoman" is the headline in both the Sun and the Times, picking up on Cherie Blair's admission she had made mistakes over the Bristol flats affair.

The Times says she looked "drawn and tired" as she spoke of the pressures on her life, while the Sun reports Mrs Blair "shed tears as she carried the can" for the row involving Peter Foster.

The Independent describes her statement, broadcast live on television, as "emotional yet defiant".

The Daily Telegraph highlights her explanation for her actions with the headline, "I was only trying to protect my family".

In the words of the Daily Mail, the prime minister's wife "confronted her critics head-on" in what it calls "an electrifying piece of political theatre".

But the paper seizes on her revelation she had checked court lists to see which judge would be hearing Mr Foster's deportation case.

It says "the only reason Mrs Blair could have wanted to find out the identity of the judge was, presumably, to give Mr Foster some kind of assessment of him".

For its part, the Guardian believes Mrs Blair's statement is "likely to become a classic of modern television politics".

It also says she came close to becoming a victim of what it describes as "one of the most spectacular ever attempts at a newspaper sting".

The paper claims the News of the World had plotted to set up a meeting between Mrs Blair and Mr Foster, but Special Branch "got wind of the plan" and informed her.

House price warning

The Financial Times sounds the latest warning the house price boom could soon be over.

This time, fears have been raised by Standard and Poor's rating agency which, according to the FT, has, for the first time, listed the UK "as a country facing potential stress on its banking system".

The agency has warned the debt burden of UK mortgage borrowers is beginning to reach "uncomfortably high levels, particularly in the Greater London area".

Fare hikes

A day after the government outlined a £5.5bn package aimed at tackling transport congestion in England and Wales, the Independent has news which will do little to encourage drivers out of their cars.

It says rail commuters using some peak-time routes in south-east England face price rises of, on average, 2.5% from the New Year.

The paper says the Association of Train Operating Companies is due to confirm details of the increases next week, but predicts some fares could go up by as much as 7%.

Life-saving TV

Several papers report how a man delivered his baby son during a traffic jam as he drove to hospital, and then saved the child's life using a technique he had seen on the BBC One drama, 'Casualty'.

The Mail says Paul Cleaver helped his partner give birth to Josh at the roadside "amid a crowd of pedestrians who'd gathered around... to form a windshield".

But, as the Telegraph explains, he then realised Josh was not breathing and the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck.

The paper says Mr Cleaver remembered what he had seen on Casualty, and was able to clear Josh's airways and get him breathing again.