On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury High Street pedestrianisation details | Commercial vehicle vandalism in Shaftesbury | New housing development for ‘cramped’ site | Shaftesbury in Bloom need your cash | West Melbury artist exhibition on Hambledon Hill | Motcombe’s scarecrows are out | Kate and Karren chat beyond the garden fence | Poetry from Rich Foreman | Bats and blackbirds on Breach Lane