On The Alfred Daily today:

Shaftesbury firefighters called to Salisbury Plain blaze

Shaftesbury Carnival countdown - Prince and princesses picked

How Shaftesbury Cricket Club is engaging young players

Paul Merefield’s pub quiz

Tom Perrett’s Walk of the Week – Motcombe

View from the Hill – Visitors’ views

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Kate Scott’s chicken keeping diary

Meet my Pet - Adam and Star the rescue dog

Karen Cole reviews ‘Twenty-Eight Pounds Ten Shillings’ by Tony Fairweather

Soundscapes – Waterfowl on Wincombe Lake