On today’s Alfred Daily: ‘Concerning’ rise in Dorset COVID cases | Suspicious activity on The Maltings | Traditional sweet store opens in Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury forager Tom Perrett’s home brewed cider | Shaftesbury what’s ons and jobs | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Kate Scott’s weekly chicken keeping diary | Shaftesbury book reviewer Karen Cole | October afternoon at Rolt Millennium Green