EFFECTIVE recruitment is essential to the successful functioning of your organisation. Successful recruitment depends upon finding people with the necessary skills, expertise and qualifications to deliver organisational objectives and the ability to make
PROSPECTIVE new Belle Vue co-owner Chris Morton has confirmed he would like Jason Crump to remain at Kirky Lane if he takes over the club. The former England international and Aces rider has agreed a deal, along with his partner David Gordon, to buy
PIRATES 38 COVENTRY 29 EASTBOURNE 41 TOMMY Allen epitomised Pirates' determined late season will-to-win' when he rode with two suspected cracked ribs to help make sure they lifted the Craven Shield. The 22-year-old Poole RIAS reserve, called up for
DERANGED serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) returns for the final time in this gory sequel, but this time he has his apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith) to help. The terminally ill maniac and his student hold Dr Lynn Denlon (Bahar Soomekh) hostage, forcing
FOLLOWING the hot moves of Fame, Dirty Dancing and Save The Last Dance, Step Up is a familiar fairy-tale of dancing passions and impossible young dreams, which succeeds despite its slavish adherence to the conventions of the genre. Acclaimed choreographer
RUSSELL Crowe, Marion Cotillard, Albert Finney, Abbie Cornish, Didier Bourdon, Isabelle Candelier, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore, Archie Panjabi, Rafe Spall, Kenneth Cranham. Director: Ridley Scott. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name
ALAN Bleasdale turns a well-loved classic inside out in this four-part television treatment. Boldly reshaping Dickens' original structure, he fleshes out the information which the reader only picks up at the end of the novel... and presents it at the
AHOY there! C S Forester's ripping yarns of the high seas make for rousing entertainment in these eight two-hour features, now available as a box set. Ioan Gruffudd exudes charm, innocence, decency and courage as Horatio Horblower, the seasick young
ANYONE who caught Tony Jaa's punishing flick Ong Bak last year will know that although he's small, he's not to be messed with. If only the Mafia goons in Warrior King had seen it before nicking his elephants they would've saved themselves a whole mess
CONTINUING Frank Darabont's obsession with Stephen King novels set in prisons, The Green Mile has the tiresome casting of Tom Hanks in the lead role as a Death Row prison warden who takes charge of unusual prisoner John Coffey: an enormous fellow found
BEWARE the army of plaudits and legions of admirers, there's always something suspicious about this much enthusiasm - not least because Amy Winehouse's much-feted debut, Frank, was nowhere near as good as they wanted us to believe. And yet, La Winehouse
BACK when Preston was a jobbing wannabe indie hero he spat out tales of the everyday like a boy possessed by the spirit of a teenage Weller - and it was believable. There's a kind of honour in the way his sings We've Got The Best Job Ever on the Boys
HAVING been feted by industry royalty for her really-rather-good collaboration with Queens of the Stone Ager Mark Lanegan, ex-Belle & Sebastian dame Isobel Campbell has deliberately resisted the temptation to strike while the iron's hot and repeat its
WHEN Polly Harvey emerged from the Dorset/Somerset borders in the early '90s she was an instant Peel hit. Her strident, striking approach melded the elemental force of the delta blues with a personal and political stance that was all about empowerment
LORRY drivers from abroad are putting lives at risk on Dorset's road by exceeding their working hours. The same thing is happening up and down the country as rogue firms try to encourage their lorry drivers to carry out their work as quickly as possible
FEWER government targets, increased powers and the chance to call inquiries on local issues - it sounds like a council's dream. Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly outlined her plan to return power to the people, urging councils to become community "champions
SCHOOLS minister Jim Knight has endorsed calls for more "politics in the classroom", but stressed that youngsters shouldn't be swayed by the policies of any political party. Labour Party chairman Hazel Blears yesterday stressed the need to rehabilitate
PIRATES captain Bjarne Pedersen has stressed their Craven Shield triumph on Thursday night "showed what might have happened" if they had been at full strength all season. Poole RIAS completed a hat-trick of victories in the competition since 2001 when
HOW often have you heard a colleague remark that work is driving them mad? Increasingly busy lives and long working hours seem to guarantee that nobody is free from stress - which today is one of the biggest causes of ill health. It's estimated that
NEIL Young is desperate to help Kevin Bond get his first win as Cherries manager and insists: "It's payback time". Young, one of the most respected members of the squad, says Bond cannot be held responsible for Cherries' recent slump. The reigning supporters
I WAS quite shocked to find myself turning 29 at the beginning of this month. Okay, so it's not as though it took me completely by surprise - I was 28 for a year before that, and 29 does traditionally come next, but I just don't feel that old. Although
BOSS Kevin Bond wants Cherries to shut up shop. Bond knows his side paid the price for being "too open" during their first-half horror show against Rotherham six days ago. And the new manager has this week been working with his squad on rectifying the
DORSET'S Sunseeker International will notch up a 007 hat-trick as its luxury boats take another starring role in the latest Bond movie. Casino Royale will be the third Bond movie in succession to feature the Poole-built Sunseekers. Daniel Craig's
A DOZEN desperately needed mews homes to rent will be built on an empty factory site in Wimborne. East Dorset District Council planning committee members rejected their officers' recommendation for refusal and gave the go-ahead to Dave Wells' plans
SPECIAL constables will be distributing timer switches to households at risk of burglary in Milford and Barton before the clocks go back. The officers have 100 free timers and low-energy bulbs, provided by New Forest District Council, to give away.
A GRIEVING dad whose daughter was battered to death has called for an official investigation into the way the 999 system works. Teacher Charlotte Lewis was killed at her mother's home in Southbourne by stepfather Paul Coles in May 2005. Her mother Nicola
THOUSANDS of bright red poppies symbolising the blood of servicemen and women who have fought and died for their country will be on sale throughout Christchurch from Friday November 3. Betty Newman, branch Poppy Appeal organiser, said that last year
A GROUP calling itself Rage in the Piddle has launched a campaign to ensure quarrying companies stay away from a Purbeck beauty spot. Residents Against Gravel Extraction is a group made up of people from Hyde, who are worried Phillios Farm in Piddle
A ROMANY family need roam no more - at least for the next five years - after winning a planning wrangle to stay where they are at Child Okeford. A government planning inspector has ruled Nelson Turner and his family can keep their caravan home on the
POOLE Hospital is leading the way in the rehabilitation of patients who have had facial reconstruction, but has no plans to carry out controversial full-face transplants. This week it was revealed how leading British plastic surgeon Peter Butler is poised
