On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Council trial tech to help elderly | Accommodation needed for Afghans in need | Repair and recycling at Shaftesbury Fringe | Tom Perrett on walking with maps | Meet my pet – a pair of Continental giant rabbits | Kate Scott’s chicken report | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Karen Cole reviews ‘The Gathering Storm’ | A nightingale and a willow warbler in Fontmell