More gloom for the prime minister

Friday's papers bring yet more depressing news for Gordon Brown.

A YouGov opinion poll for the Daily Telegraph suggests support for Labour is at its lowest level since polling began in 1943.

The Guardian says a survey on declining consumer confidence is a new blow to Mr Brown's hopes of reviving his standing with the electorate.

The Daily Mail says unions are calling for a "lurch to the left" in return for saving Labour from ruin.

High-flying fuel costs

British Airways' decision to increase its fuel surcharges ends the era of cheap flying, say several papers.

The Daily Express says families hoping to escape "the nightmare of spiralling household bills" by going on holiday to Florida will pay an extra £872.

The Times takes a green perspective: it says there's an "important silver lining" to high fuel surcharges.

The paper explains this is because airlines will ground their least fuel-efficient aircraft first.

Mother shops sons

"I sent my yob sons to prison", is the Daily Mirror's front-page headline.

The paper goes on to explain how Carol Saldinack called the police after she discovered her two sons attacked a man, leaving him blind in one eye.

The front page of the Daily Mail also homes in on fears over on law and order. "Middle classes losing faith in police", the paper exclaims.

A report by think-tank Civitas accuses police of neglecting serious offences and focusing on trifling offences.

Naomi charged

Another paper leading with crime is the Sun, to altogether different effect.

"Credit crunch biting. Fuel prices soaring. And no footie. This will cheer you up...Naomi Faces Jail!", runs the papers front-page headline.

The model is charged with several air rage offences, including three alleged assaults on two police officers.

The Daily Mirror tells another tale of a birthday advertised online. The party saw the £5m home of a 16-year-old's parents gatecrashed by 400 people.