Abortion, Ant and Dec’s award - that wasn’t, and the confessions of the Austrian cellar man dominate the front pages of Friday’s papers.
THE INDEPENDENT: Abortion; the Battle Lines Are Drawn
The paper uses just three lines of text and three pictures for its main story about survival rates of premature babies and its significance in the abortion debate. Story here
THE TIMES: Drivers in Worse Jam as Traffic Plan Fails
The paper says motorists are wasting more time sitting in queues on motorways and A-roads because the government has failed to meet its key three-year target for reducing congestion. Story here
THE SUN: Hitler Made Me Do It
The man at the centre of the Austrian cell scandal has blamed his tyrannical rapist behaviour on his growing up under Adolf Hitler’s Nazis, the paper says - using a photo of Fritzl interposed on an image of Hitler. Story here
DAILY MIRROR: I Confess
More confessions by Fritzl dominate the front page. Story here
DAILY MAIL: Can You Believe a Thing You See on ITV?
The paper asks the provocative question after the commercial TV channel was fined a record amount by the regulator Ofcom after the extent of its phone-in scandal was exposed in two reports. Story here
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Hospital Services Face Axe in NHS Shake-Up
Scores of hospital departments such as maternity units and cancer clinics will be closed or merged across the country under plans for a radical shake-up of the NHS, the paper says. Story here
DAILY EXPRESS: Banks in Current Accounts Rip-Off
Banks were criticised for ramping up fees on current accounts as fears grow that the days of free banking are numbered, the paper says. Story here
FINANCIAL TIMES: EDF Snaps up “Nuclear” Land
Europe’s biggest power company has been quietly buying land around nuclear sites in England and Wales, the paper says, putting itself in a position to build power stations even if it fails in its attempt to buy British energy, the nuclear generator. Story here
THE GUARDIAN: New Research on Baby Survival Rates Stokes Abortion Limit Row
Survival rates for babies born before 24 weeks are extremely low and getting no better in spite of medical advances, the paper quotes an authoritative study as saying. Story here

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