On The Alfred Daily Today:

Supermarket vouchers for vulnerable Dorset residents struggling with cost of living

Donhead St Andrew residents of all ages celebrate The Queen’s long reign

Shaftesbury School wants your TEDx youth talk ideas

Vix Aguilera visits the Rolt Millennium Green picnic

View from the Hill – Montana woman visits Shaftesbury

Remembering Fontmell in 1952 - The strawberry farm and freshly baked bread

Shaftesbury architectural highlights with Phil Proctor – The Grosvenor Arms Hotel

Nick Crump learns about Donhead’s swallow colony

Soundscapes - The 5am dawn chorus on Breach Lane

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury FC chairman’s action to ‘save the club’ brings manager departure

Prize winning scarecrows and new village road signs revealed at Motcombe fete

Donhead St Mary’s residents come together for Jubilee street party

Rounders at Manor Farm as Melbury Millennium Group marks 70 year reign

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Donhead Diary - Morris dancer and Gillingham School teacher Emily Fairwell

Kate and Karren Chat ‘over the garden fence’

Shaftesbury writer Anthony Lee-Dudley reads ‘Crimson’

Soundscapes – A swift colony in Enmore Green

On The Alfred Daily today:

Mampitts Green music event could become annual fixture

Opinion split over Town Council's aircraft pyrotechnics display

Dates announced for Shaftesbury's Britain in Bloom judging

Paul Merefield's pub quiz

Meet my Pet - Labrador Millie

Walk of the Week - Tom and Jan take us around Blandford

Kate Scott's chicken keeping diary

Shaftesbury what's ons

Karen Cole reviews 'Keep Her Sweet’ by Helen Fitzgerald

Soundscapes - A Song Thrush on Castle Hill

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Huge crowds celebrate the Jubilee beacon lighting in Shaftesbury

Is your acting good enough for a Shaftesbury singer’s music video?

Compton unveils Platinum Jubilee engraving

Motcombe’s helicopter fly-over for Jubilee

A story in 70 words - Shaftesbury flash fiction writing winners

Words for Her Majesty – Shaftesbury poet Bill Sherriff

View from the Hill – Visitors eco-camping in Melbury

Remembering the coronation – Tony Hawkins, Joyce Wilby and Pam Gorrell

London painter takes a punt on Shaftesbury art buyers with exhibition

Shaftesbury Jubilee what’s ons

Shaftesbury fitness expert Laura Langley’s wellness guide - Don’t keep still!

Soundscapes - Red tailed bumblebee workers

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Closed Shaftesbury Hine and Parsons store owners accept developer’s offer

‘We’ve turned down work this weekend’ - The busy Bell Street Jazz Band

Shaftesbury locals reminded that Dorset has England’s second highest council tax

Shastonian’s funeral cortege can proceed through market day pedestrianisation

Shaftesbury Jubilee weekend what’s ons

Shaftesbury Morrisons announces Jubilee art contest winners

Clothes repair and restoration workshop on Sunday in Shaftesbury

View from the Hill – Swedish bikers ride to Shaftesbury

Jackie and Jeanette reminisce about smells of the 60s and 70s

Soundscapes - Breach Lane sparrows by Nick Crump

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Town meeting learns of vital Shaftesbury Car Link and Vale Pantry work

Free money for Shaftesbury projects reducing anti-social behaviour

Compton and Shaftesbury authors will speak at Sturminster’s Lit Fest

Shaftesbury woman plans breath-taking aerial acrobatics show for Jubilee

Bell Street Jazz Band prepare for busy Jubilee weekend

View from the Hill

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Shaftesbury traffic news

Shaftesbury poet Simon Hosken

Andy Perkins’ Italian Diary - The Po Delta, and an Italian Gold Hill

Soundscapes – Blue tits nesting on Breach Lane

On The Alfred Daily today:

Dorset Police chief - ‘Challenges’ meeting demand with resources

New group of music professionals sing for Motcombe church floor appeal

Shaftesbury's open air pool reopens as Shaftesbury Lido

View from the Hill - visitors from Portsmouth

Tamsin Jacson shares plans for jubilee celebrations in Melbury

Gardening advice from Nick Andrew of The Potting Shed

Can you help Shaftesbury’s primary-age pupils to read?

Shaftesbury Fringe’s big prize joke contest opens to all residents

Shaftesbury what's ons

Shaftesbury traffic

Soundscapes - A squirrel stripping bark at Breach Common

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Dorset councillor pleased with amount of affordable homes built

Motcombe litter-picking volunteers thwarted by Dorset Council's road closure fee

Menopause support group starts in Shaftesbury

View from the Hill - A 102-year-old visitor sees Gold Hill for first time

Derek's Days Out - Ninesprings Park from Shaftesbury on public transport

Shaftesbury what's ons

The big list of local Jubilee events

Compton will unveil engraving during Jubilee celebration

Recreating 17th century Nadder Valley Life - The Wardour Garrison

Tanyard Lane shut and more Shaftesbury roadworks

Soundscapes - Bees on a Breach Lane cotoneaster

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury FC Festival of Fun will become an annual event

Another Jubilee event - Rolt Millennium Green Saturday picnic

Town crier announces pool reopening

Shaftesbury what's ons

Kate and Karren chat 'over the garden fence' about how to 'saunter'

View from the Hill - A family from Tampa visit Shaftesbury

Donhead Diary - Simon Cooper tells Lynda Appleby about working with The Queen

Short story - Ann Brooks reads 'Monica's Surprise'

Soundscapes - Pipistrelle bats in Enmore Green

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Night-time walk fundraiser for Shaftesbury cancer charity

Shaftesbury Community Choir plan Jubilee pop-up performances

New road linking Orchard Park and Madjeston is almost complete

View from the Hill - Mit from Wimbledon loves Shaftesbury

Kate Scott's chickens deal with a visiting dog

Walk of the Week - Tom and Jan visit Ansty in Wiltshire

Shaftesbury weekend what's ons

Meet my Pet - Sindy and Welsh Terrier Dai Hung

Karen Cole reviews 'Don't Play Dead with Vultures' by Jack Leavers

Soundscapes - A Fontmell yew tree