On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury reconfirms commitment to fair trade with new signage and flyers

 Motcombe councillor urges villagers to use or lose bus service Volunteers serve soup to sixty at Shaftesbury Lent Lunch.

Paul Merefield's Pub Quiz

Meet My Pet: David and Pippin

Cabin Band and Masons help Shaftesbury Mental Health Group raise hundreds

North Dorset singer-songwriter Nick Coleman previews Mustons gig on Sunday

View from the Hill

Motcombe with White Hart Link co-founder Jan Wardell

Karen Cole's book review: A Stolen Memory by David Beckler. Soundscape: the calls of a crow, great tit, and blue tit at Umbers Hill.