HAVE you made -- or, more importantly, will you be keeping -- a New Year resolution?

One poll has found that here in the North-west, we're not too good at sticking to those special resolutions. In fact, only nine per cent of us ever keep to them.

And of 53 per cent of those asked who had made one in the past, 14 per cent broke the pledge within a day!

However, you may still have decided that 2004 is definitely the year that you will lose weight, quit smoking or get a fresh job.

Write in and tell us about your personal New Year resolutions. Or, what about a resolution you would like to make for the rich and famous?

Send your ideas to: NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS, The Editor, Bolton Evening News, Churchgate, Bolton BL1 1DE.

In the meantime, here are a few of my hopes for the stars in 2004.

Victoria Beckham -- Let's see more of her -- more flesh that is, not more appearances in the national press. She should get down to McDonald's straight away for a Big Mac and double fries, with a side order of Thornton's chocs.

Simon Cowell -- He needs to belt up, and go in for hipster trousers. Investing in a diplomatic course and a few singing lessons might also show those Pop Idols the real way forward.

The Osbournes -- Ditch them, and bring in The Clintons. The daily doings of Hillary and Bill are far more interesting than the dismal carrying on of an ageing rocker and his hefty offspring.

Kylie Minogue -- Persuade her that cellulite is attractive so that millions of ordinary women do not need to keep asking "does my bum look big in this?"

Trinny and Susannah -- Give them a TV programme on how to dress down, using the existing clothes in people's wardrobes supplemented by charity shops.

"Big Brother", "I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here" and any other reality TV show -- Let's have less of them in 2004. Whatever happened to actually MAKING programmes using actors?

HAVE you made -- or, more importantly, will you be keeping -- a New Year resolution?

One poll has found that here in the North-west we're not too good at sticking to those special resolutions. In fact, only nine per cent of us ever keep to them.

And 14 per cent broke the pledge within a day!

However, you may still have decided that 2004 is definitely the year that you will lose weight, quit smoking or get a fresh job.

Write in and tell us about your personal New Year resolutions. Or, what about a resolution you would like to make for the rich and famous?

Send your ideas to: NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS, The Editor, Bolton Evening News, Churchgate, Bolton BL1 1DE.

In the meantime, here are a few of my hopes for the stars in 2004:

Victoria Beckham: Let's see more of her -- more flesh that is, not more appearances in the national press.

She should get down to McDonald's straight away for a Big Mac and double fries, with a side order of Thornton's chocs.

Simon Cowell : He needs to belt up, and go in for hipster trousers. Investing in a diplomatic course and a few singing lessons might also show those Pop Idols the real way forward.

The Osbournes: Ditch them, and bring in The Clintons. The daily doings of Hillary and Bill are far more interesting than the dismal carrying on of an ageing rocker and his hefty offspring.

Kylie Minogue : Persuade her that cellulite is attractive so that millions of ordinary women do not need to keep asking "Does my bum look big in this?"

Trinny and Susannah: Give them a TV programme on how to dress down, using the existing clothes in people's wardrobes supplemented by charity shops.

"Big Brother", "I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here" and any other reality TV show -- Let's have less of them in 2004. Whatever happened to actually MAKING programmes using actors?