On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury weekend what’s ons

Dinah’s Hollow will close for survey - ‘alternative plan’ for slip prevention work is costed

Over 850 dogs at agility event in Motcombe this weekend

Emergency timetable for Gillingham and Tisbury trains

Bookings open for third Cranborne Chase Walking Festival

Meet my Pet – Sam, the 70-year-old Coppice Street tortoise

View from the Hill - visitors from Chandlers Ford

Kate Scott’s chickens face squirrel trouble

Paul Merefield’s pub quiz

Karen Cole reviews ‘Better the Blood’ by Michael Bennett

Soundscapes – Bittles Green Brook