On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury MP says he’s not homophobic | Shaftesbury man ‘robbed by nuns’ shares story in debut novel | Demand for reopened Shaftesbury tip lower than expected | Tech is changing North Dorset farming | Where in Shaftesbury? | Covid poetry by King Alfred’s Kitchen owner | Dirty Nails on deterring wasps | Dawn chorus at Breach Common