On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Council explains planning delays | Why Chinese lanterns filled Motcombe’s Turnpike Showground | Outdoor Shakespeare comes to Shaftesbury Abbey | Melbury artist opens pop-up gallery | Heading into autumn on the Wardour smallholding | Shaftesbury quilters share lockdown creations | Improving bridleways and boosting biodiversity in Motcombe | Bees on fuchsia in Cann