Tony Blair's tough week

Before the TV show even gets underway, the tabloids are already reporting the antics of the contestants in ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''

With most leader writers hard-pushed to make a connection between a bush tucker trial and the Hutton inquiry - the Sun's cartoonist has a go.

Tony Blair is depicted tottering precariously on a jungle rope bridge suspended over hungry crocodiles bearing the words; ''hutton'', ''top up fees'' and ''labour rebels''.

The PM is wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words ''I'm a prime minister...I'll get out of here''.

And that is the view of the paper's political editor, Trevor Kavanagh, who says Mr Blair is likely to survive the worst week in his premiership.

So who will fall foul of Lord Hutton when he produces his report into the Kelly affair on Wednesday?

The Independent believes that nine people - six linked to the government and three at the BBC - could be in the firing line.

Changes

It says the nine all made late submissions, when told by the head of the inquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly, that they faced possible criticism.

Whatever the outcome, the Hutton inquiry has already forced changes.

According to the Times, few officials in Number Ten send emails on sensitive issues anymore.

Plus, everyone has to watch what they say - as meetings now are always minuted by civil servants.

The Guardian says the BBC has busied itself with changes to pre-empt the expected criticism.

A deputy director general was appointed to overhaul complaints and compliance procedures and rules have been tightened on journalists writing for outside publications.

French plot?

Tony Blair thought the French president, Jacques Chirac, was out to get him - according to a new biography by a Financial Times political journalist.

The Prime Minister came to the view that Mr Chirac was intent on ruining him personally and also wanted to see him fall from power.

The book by Philip Stevens, alleges that Mr Blair reached this conclusion after receiving intelligence reports about the French president's private conversations.

There is a warning that legal aid could be scrapped for thousands of middle class defendants accused of motoring offences.

The Times has been told that ministers want to bring back means testing so that thousands of better-off people, appearing in magistrates courts, will have to pay for their own defence.

Pigging out

The Independent reports on another dilemma facing ministers: what should be done about the re-emergence of wild boars in England?

After a series of escapes from pig farms in the 1980s the number of animals breeding successfully in the wild has forced the need for an official policy.

But the paper asks is a sometimes aggressive pig, 5 feet long, equipped with sharp tusks and weighing up to 400 pounds a friend or foe?

Finally the Express reveals that police are being issued with a new weapon in the fight against crime - a cookbook featuring 30 healthy, but simple recipes.

In a drive to reduce the number of fat and unfit officers, they will also be able to strap on a one-and-a-half-stone false stomach to see how they would look if they put on more weight.