On The Alfred Daily Today:

Chamber chair wants empty shop ideas forum as Lloyds bank announce closure

Help plant trees to tackle climate change at Higher Coombe

Low-cost ‘social supermarket' starts van deliveries to Shaftesbury

Meet my Pet – Bumble from Sedgehill

Walk of the Week – Melbury Beacon and Compton

Paul Merefield's quiz

Shaftesbury what's ons

Kate Scott's chicken-keeping diary

Visitors' View – A tourist from Pontypool

Karen Cole reviews ‘The Things That We Lost’ by Jyoti Patel