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Let's Not Get Heavy On Resolutions Front

I CAN'T believe it's Hogmanay already! What happened to 2005? Last year at this time, I was promising to lead a more fulfilling and interesting life, trying to do at least one thing I'd never done before each month, and be more positive. That was instead of setting myself the usual boring unattainable targets with a set of rubbish old resolutions.

Outdoor Chilling. . . Kathleen Manson Visits Pizzeria Owner Remo Crolla in His Penthouse Flat Opposite Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Kathleen Manson Visits Pizzeria Owner Remo Crolla in His Penthouse Flat Opposite Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Open House

REMO CROLLA, 34, bought his modern, twobedroom penthouse flat opposite the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum as a second home and an investment just over a year ago. His home has a large open plan lounge and an allglass wall with great views. Remo, who has run a pizzeria on Byres Road for the last 12 years, is a loyal Scots Italian. He travels to Italy several times a year to see family and friends but always appreciates coming back to live and work in Glasgow. WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE ROOM?

Carol Cooks Up a Kitchen Classic Sheila Hamilton Meets Singer Songwriter Carol Laula

YOU'D need to be either deaf or a keen music lover to survive living up the same close as Carol Laula. For on her own admission, the Paisley born singer/songwriter will never be the quietest of neighbours. And with a little help from her friends, she even recorded her sixth album (out in January) in the wee study/yoga room/spare bedroom of her flat in an A-listed crescent in Finnieston.

Change Your Diet, Change Your Life. . . Mind & Body

Feeling flabby from all those Christmas excesses? If you're going cold turkey on last year's diet fads, there's a plethora of new ones, and the trend for the new inch-loss solutions is moving towards complete life changes rather than just what we eat. ANN FOTHERINGHAM reports EVERY now and then, a little clutch of diet books comes along, and it all seems a bit too good to be true. The Weekendoff Diet, for example. The Hibernation Diet (works while you sleep, apparently). The Continue to Eat...

If I Ruled the World : Take That's Howard Donald

HOWARD Donald was born in Droylsden, Manchester, in 1968. He hit the big time in boy band Take That, scoring hits with Could It Be Magic, Pray and Relight My Fire. He lives near Bournemouth and has a daughter, Grace. Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Edition is out now on CD and the band launch their new tour next April, visiting Glasgow on May 1. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR FIRST ACT AS RULER?

All the Tips You Need to Live the Spanish Dream

WHO knows how many rain-sick Britons have been induced to head for sunnier shores by the persuasive powers of Channel 4 presenter Amanda Lamb? For years she has been telling TV viewers how to buy A Place In The Sun and Spain still tops the list of favourite destinations for Britons to buy and live abroad. Half a million own a home in Spain, while 250,000 Brits are registered as official residents.

A Postcard From. . . George Bowie

ONE of the most instantly recognisable voices on Scottish radio, George Bowie fronts the popular early morning Bowie At Breakfast show on Clyde 1. Tonight, George is the master of ceremonies for Glasgow's Hogmanay in George Square.

Stiff Upper Lip Shameless Star has to Cope with Being a Teenage Dad

shameless channel four, tuesday, 10pm HE finally lost his virginity in the last series of Shameless, but it looks as if Chatsworth Estate's cheeky bright spark, Lip Gallagher, may have to ditch his newly acquired pulling pants after discovering he is well on his way to being a teenage dad.

Andy Dougan's Dvds of the Week

THE WEDDING CRASHERS: UNCORKED EDITION THERE IS real comic chemistry here between Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn (above) as womanisers who crash weddings to pick up aspiring brides for one-night-stands. The problems begin when one falls in love.