What the papers say

Journalist Grania McFadden takes a look at what is making the headlines in Wednesday's morning papers.

The London papers are torn between two stories - the government's victory in the vote over tuition fees, and the alleged leaking of the Hutton Report, which is due to be published later on Wednesday.

The Guardian describes Tuesday night's vote in the Commons as "a victory...of sorts...for the prime minister".

The Independent wonders whether the chancellor choreographed the drama, which saw rebel Nick Brown vote with the government at the last minute.

Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee believes Gordon Brown is master now.

She says the vote has left Mr Blair "holed below the water and listing".

Other papers agree. The Daily Telegraph asks: "Who Governs Britain?" and answers the question with "Gordon Brown, apparently".

The Mail sees the vote on tuition fees as a huge opportunity for the Tories.

If they can come up with policies to improve university finance without crushing Middle Britain, they will have a real vote winner.

Campbell 'to be exonerated'

But it's the Sun that has the biggest story - its reporter Trevor Kavanagh claims to have seen a leaked copy of the Hutton Report.

He says the prime minister is to be cleared of any dishonourable conduct, and his former spin doctor, Alistair Campbell, is also exonerated.

But the Sun claims that BBC bosses are to be criticised by Hutton for what the paper says is "a dereliction of duty to licence payers".

The Sun's editorial says the inquiry has been a pointless exercise, while Kavanagh adds that no-one who sat through the inquiry can be surprised at the verdict.

Several papers include the Sun's allegations in their early editions.

The Irish Times says Number 10 has denied any responsibility for the leak, which is likely to produce a furious response from Lord Hutton.

The Mirror claims Andrew Gilligan will accuse the government of "sexing up" his errors.

According to the paper, he will claim the government ignored his early morning broadcast in its first complaints to the BBC.

The News Letter leads with what is believed to be the biggest drugs find in Northern Ireland.

It reports that drug squad officers seized cannabis worth £2.75m during a raid of business premises in Hillsborough.

Intimidation

The Irish News reveals that racists have forced up to 30 families and individuals from ethnic minorities to flee their homes in the past year.

New figures from the Housing Executive show that it dealt with upwards of two cases a month where people from ethnic minorities had been intimidated from their homes.

The Express warns holidaymakers that cheap flights could be under threat after Ryanair faced a multi-million pound fine following an EU crackdown.

The paper says aviation experts have predicted the ruling on so-called illegal subsidies could send ticket prices soaring.

Both the Irish Times and the Irish Independent report on the 300m euro windfall for Lansdowne Road which will see a new state-of-the art sports stadium.

The complex is due to be completed in 2008, and will play host to rugby football and GAA games.

The Irish Times hopes the significance of making a new stadium accessible for gaelic games will not be lost on the GAA as it votes on the opening up of Croke Park.