On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury What's Ons

Motcombe Fete organisers expect 3,000 visitors next Saturday

Dorset Council asks MPs to request fairer government funding for county roads

Lamppost-based EV chargers will present a challenge in Dorset

Art to make you happy – Sandy Roberts' Shaftesbury exhibition

Joe Hashman's Shaston seasonal reflections

Meet My Pet – Mollie and astrologer owner Claire Martin – hounds have horoscopes!

View from the Hill – London couple worry about our Airbnbs

Paul Merefield's Quiz

My Shaftesbury – artist Gary Cook

Kate Scott's chicken-keeping diary

Karen Cole's book review – "Italian Rules" by Tom Benjamin

Soundscape – cuckoo and buzzard at Tollard Royal