On today’s Alfred Daily: Beckham isn’t buying St Mary’s School | Teachers deliver presents to Shaftesbury pupils | Shaftesbury roads will close for repair | Pound Lane lollipop man Nick | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Kate Scott’s chickens | The Rising Sun closes for tier 2 | Where to carol sing | What’s new at Shaftesbury market | Tom Perrett’s walk | Karen Cole’s book review | A kite above Twyford