What the Scottish papers say

The Daily Record says thousands of internet bargain hunters who snapped up TV sets worth more than £1,000 for just £150 were left fuming after being told the Woolworths offer had been a mistake.

The Scotsman reports that the era of Tony Blair is ending not with the bang of fireworks celebrating unprecedented political and economic success, but with the whimperings of a prime minister mired in sleaze allegations.

According to The Herald, Gordon Brown launched a furious attack against a right-wing "smear campaign" aimed at dragging him into the damaging cash-for-peerages row.

The Scottish Sun claims prisoners had drugs smuggled into an all-women jail - during their Christmas panto.

The Press and Journal reports that police hunting the killer of five prostitutes said they were tightening the net around a series of suspects.

The Courier reports that flood-ravaged householders in a Kinross-shire village are considering taking legal action against Perth and Kinross Council due to the failure of a £500,000 flood-prevention scheme, which has been branded "fatally flawed".

The Scottish Daily Mail says desperate stores are slashing prices, opening longer and bending Sunday trading rules in an effort to boost Christmas sales.

The Scottish Daily Mirror has an interview with the uncle of one of the five murdered vice girls in which he begs the "Ipswich Ripper" to stop.

The Scottish Daily Express says a new dossier has revealed that Prince Charles was asked by police if he killed Princess Diana.