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Scotland manager Walter Smith hailed as hero
I ‘King Olaf...Roa|d Amundsen...’ began the headline on the Daily Record the day after Scotland's 2-1 victory over Norway in the World Cup qualifier. Carrying on to name-check 'Monty Python's Norwegian Blue. Monen Harket and Anni-Frid from Abba'. they finally got to the point by proclaiming ‘your boys took a helluva beating'. And we thought Age Hareide managed the Norwegian football team these days. No matter. the jubilation was not to be troubled by such trivialities as the paper celebrated the work of ‘the Wizard of Oslo'. also known as ‘Viking Kenny' in scoring both goals.
The Scotsman gave a more pragmatic repert. pointing out that ‘Scotland may be running out of fixtures' in their pursuit of second place in Group :3. while The Evening Times mourned oppOrtunities lost under Berti Vogts: ‘li only... Walter Smith had been allowed to take charge from the start'. But it was The Herald which dared to point Out the silver lining on that small cloud: ‘for many. it only got better when they learned that Northern Ireland had beaten England 1-0.
WEDDING PLANNERS Glossy mags cough up millions for exclusive pics
I The news of five celebrity couples getting married in one weekend must have had photographers drooling. That is, until they realised they would only be able to get their lenses on one: the nuptials of Tom Parker Bowles and Sara Buys. Anyone curious about the weddings of Jordan, model Jodie Kidd, GMTV
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I People don’t change their houses as often as their clothes or their cars. Yet home makeover programs are rife, and newsagents are filled with interior-decorating magazines. The one clear trend is that people want their houses to look spacious, sexy and tidy.
I Our pals at Elle Decoration suggest building an extension if your house is too cramped. Tips on ‘box design glasshouses’ and development rights abound so you too can wish for a glorified greenhouse to while away the days in. Perhaps it might create the illusion of more space, but pretty soon that extra room will just
OUSE manager said to me: “There’s a lot of little girls and their mothers in the audience, so you gotta keep it clean.” I went on, and I was going nowhere. So, after about three minutes, I did just about every dick joke I know.’ Gilbert Gottfried warms up the audience for Belinda Car/isle.
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I Instead of an extension, you could custom-design and renovate a brand new house. In Homes & Interiors Scot/and, a couple transform a 19th-century church into a stunningly sleek and bereft-of-clutter home. mingling polished steel style with the original monasterial beams and arches. Or you could combine your office and home which, you’d think, might double the chaos. but a ‘design philosophy of uncluttered space. elegant but homely’ is reflected in the photographs.
I Focusing more practically on what to do with your home to make it comfortable, Living etc suggests numerous tricks. Feasting accessories from decorative plates to candleholders are all presented
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presenter Kate Garraway or Coronation Street’s Samia Ghadie would have to wait for the exclusive photos in Hello! or OK!. ‘There was more security than at a G8 summit,’ declared The Sunday Mail as ‘they all played the game of hide-the-bride to guarantee a lucrative payday’.
However, the marriage of Katie Price and Peter Andre or ‘Dosh ‘n’ Pecs’ (Sunday Herald) excited the
most speculation, including ‘reports of a breast-shaped wedding cake’. Scotland on Sunday remarked that the 22m deal meant Jordan’s ‘wedding also delivered her biggest ever payday. Truly the happiest day of her life’. But as Metro pointed out ‘Price and Andre are the favourite [to split] at 4/1, while the Parker Bowles marriage is 6/4 favourite to last the Iongest’.