Evening Times

It's a Small World; Take a Peek Inside Dolls' Houses and You'll Find There's a Whole New Tiny World in There.

Flick through the pages of doll's house magazines and you'll find articles on makeovers, colour schemes, lighting and DIY advice. They're also an important market for collectors, with some houses selling up to (pounds) 120,000. So what's the fascination with miniature? LINDA ROBERTSON finds out. DOLLS' HOUSES AREN'T JUST FOR LITTLE GIRLS...WE MEET A CLUB DEVOTED TO THE MINIATURE MARVELS Dolls' houses are no longer old-fashioned toys for little girls.

Making Most of Your Bulbs

I HAVE never thought of flowers in terms of food but bulb expert Frans Roozen puts everything into context. "Seasonally, I always consider that the first course is spring bulbs, the main course is perennials and the dessert is summer bulbs," he says.

Alert Over 220,000 Desserts; Top-Selling Pudding Recalled

THOUSANDS of pots of a popular rice pudding dessert have been recalled over safety fears. Around 220,000 pots of Muller Rice have been recalled after a flood of complaints - including some from people who felt burning in their mouths after eating the dessert.

U.S. Figures Hit Footsie

London shares finished the week in poor form after worse than expected GDP figures from the USA. The FTSE 100 Index dipped below the vital 4400 barrier, losing early gains to close 20.8 points down at 4390.7.

Points

Peak practice ANNE SCOTT (Evening Times, Jan 23) is naive if she thinks changing the schools' Easter holidays to April will save her money on holidays.

Glasgow Science Centre

Science Centre's 3D magic There's plenty of 3D movie magic going on at the Glasgow Science Centre. Film fans can see their favourite film and TV characters brought to life in stunning 3D effect.

Books

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, Audrey Niffenegger, Jonathan Cape, (pounds) 12.99 THANKS to a genetic blip, librarian Henry can appear in a different time by simply vanishing, leaving behind a little pile of clothes and turning up naked in his own past or future.

Family Fun Is Plain Sailing at Four-Star Indoor Venue

Noah's Ark Old Gallow's Road Western Edge Perth Tel: 01738 445568 Visited by Jamie and Nicola Stewart and children Jamie, 5 and Charlie, 3. What is it?

Bring the Kids; Family-Friendly Restaurants; Popinjay Hotel Rosebank Clyde Valley Tel: 01555 860441 3/4 Ticks

Visited by the Brady family - Olivia, 5, Conor, 9 and parents Diane and Michael. What's it like?

Gamezone

Mission Impossible: Operation Surma, Atari, PS2, Xbox (pounds) 39.99 Gameboy Advance (pounds) 29.99 Web Site: http://www.mi- game.com YOUR mission is to play Ethan Hawke in an open-ended rampage of super-spy missions against the Surma Corporation and its new computer virus. MI-OS is one those games you'll either love or hate but great graphics and challenging play make it well worth buying.

Death Crash Driver Cleared of Killing 4; Man Walks Free Over Glasgow Club Tragedy

A DRIVER has been cleared of causing the deaths of four people in a horror crash. The victims of the head-on smash on the notorious A9 were members of Glasgow Geological Society.

Greer Not Afraid of Journey Into the Unkown

Gordon GREER will venture into unknown territory when he faces Celtic this afternoon. For the young Kilmarnock defender has never set foot on the Parkhead turf. And, despite the fact that his team were stuffed 5-0 at home by Celts back in early November, he says he is looking forward to the experience.

Vogts Reply to Pars Blast

SCOTLAND coach Berti Vogts has hit back at criticism from Dunfermline manager Jimmy Calderwood. The German was unhappy to hear the East End Park gaffer had a go at him for not selecting his players during the European Championship qualifiers.

Crunch Time for Bobo in Africa

CELTIC are about to discover if Bobo Balde is coming back to Parkhead within the next few days - or if they must do without his services for another week at least, which would mean he misses next Saturday's Scottish Cup tie at Tynecastle. Balde plays for Guinea tomorrow against Tunisia in the final game of Group A.

Goalie Gamble Is All Down to Me Says Martin; Celtic Boss Admits Letting Hedman Go Leaves Little Cover

CELTIC manager Martin O'Neill considered bookmaking as a profession soon after he hung up his boots. The venture proved to be anything but a dead cert and he was soon cutting his losses.

Fat Cat Cash Is Being Watched

As belts tighten and sponsors scrutinise their investments in football, the clubs about to contest this week's CIS League Cup semi- finals should be aware they might be moving towards the crusty end of the batch; best to eat up when the bread is on the table. Rangers and Hibs, Livingston and Dundee, who will strive for a place in the final, are now marginalised in the pecking order of corporate budgets and it will be interesting to witness the process.

Alan Opts to Fight It Out

RANGERS youngster Alan Hutton resisted the temptation of being farmed out on loan - in case it jeopardised his Ibrox career. The 19-year-old defender, left, has watched several of his youth team-mates join smaller clubs on short-term deals to play first- team football.

I'm Staying to Give Gers Fans a Silver Lining; Ibrox Update: Klos Signs On Until 2007 and Promises to Stop the Ibrox Faithful Singing the Blues

Ibrox favourite Stefan Klos signed his new contract then fired a warning - Rangers will be back on the silverware trail. The German goalkeeper has committed himself to the league champions until 2007 and fully expects to get his hands on plenty more trophies.

Second Bite at Maestro Mikel for Madaschi

Socceroo babe Adrian Madaschi has never faced up to Rangers before - but he has clashed with midfield maestro Mikel Arteta and could only look on in admiration. Aussie Adrian faced up to Arteta last year in an Under-21 international against Spain and was left totally in awe of the young Spaniard.

We'll Hit Top Gear On Home Straight..

Jason Dair knows full well that charity begins at home. But the versatile Motherwell player has no intention of giving free handouts at Firhill. Because between now and the end of February, 'Well have FIVE home games, including next week's Scottish Cup fourth round tie against Queen of the South.