On The Alfred Daily Today:

 Shaftesbury residents wear purple for Torri and prepare a marathon run

 North Dorset railway strike action update

 Donhead councillors oppose Guy Ritchie’s farmyard cabin plans

 Barn owl boost on farms near Shaftesbury

 Friars Moors Vet supports Air Ambulance fundraiser

 Town Band on good form ahead of Sunday Carnival concert

 Shaftesbury Wellness Shark Laura Langley on broccoli’s anti-ageing properties

 View from the Hill – A Kiwi tourist’s take on Shaftesbury

 Soundscapes - Evening birdsong in Cann