On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury covid case rate hits new peak | Shaftesbury councillors correct to oppose solar farm | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Donhead St Andrew fete preview | Motcombe explorer John Blashford-Snell on toughest challenge | Fringe performers offering musical comedy | Kate and Karren chat ‘over the garden fence’ | Barkley Johnson’s short story | Soundscapes – a wood pigeon and a wren in Fontmell