On The Alfred Daily Today:

Semley antiques dealer to appear on BBC One's Antiques Road Trip.

Dorset councillor seething over lack of funding for bus service improvements - Shaftesbury Council could be asked to chip in.

 Culinary expert Laura Bartram opens cookery school in Motcombe.

Joe Hashman chronicles the changing seasons of Shaftesbury.

 Author writing about pre-Saxon Shaftesbury visits Abbey.

Crafts, toys, gifts, and Romanian food - two-day Shaftesbury charity market starts Good Friday.

 Local musician to perform at Two Brewers' fundraiser for London Marathon runner.

Magnolia, moon phases with Maltings' garden guru Jan Walls.