On The Alfred Daily Today:

Popular Shaftesbury busker excited by his first single release.

Shaftesbury Town Council opposes Lower Blandford Road estate.

Dorset Police say catalytic converter crime has plummeted.

Shaftesbury Ukraine appeal will finish one-day early.

View from the Hill – Tony Ruddle.

Shaftesbury what’s ons.

Dorset folk storyteller Tim Laycock at Shaftesbury Book Festival.

Portland sheep on Mary’s Wardour smallholding.

Poetry from Dave Toulson – ‘A Life’s Dog’.

Soundscapes – A great tit in Wincombe Valley.