On The Alfred Daily Today:

A Shaftesbury man has helped shape new Downs syndrome rights legislation

Semley schoolboy out at dawn to help put up Shaftesbury maypole

International audience for Shaftesbury's free Saturday yoga sessions

Good Gourd – We meet Sedgehill vegetable grower Stuart Cowen

Shaftesbury what's ons

Donhead Diary - Lynda Appleby meets charity organiser Juliet Stoker

Kate and Karren chat about Kate's greenhouse disaster

Short story - The Path by Anthony Lee-Dudley

Soundscapes - A Shaftesbury song thrush

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Donhead football fans pay tribute to Brian Gray today

Making great meals from leftovers with Jason Coop at Shaftesbury Food Festival

Gritchie Brewery on Park Walk today and Sunday

Conor Smith launches new Shaftesbury-set video at Grosvenor Arms event

Meet my Pet with Karen Brazier

Kate Scott’s chicken keeping diary

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Shaftesbury travel news – C13 closed 9am to 4om today up Spreadeagle

Paul Merefield’s quiz

Walk of the Week - Searching for orchids at Compton Down

Karen Cole reviews ‘Quicksand of Memory’ by Michael J Malone

Soundscapes – A tree pipit at Win Green

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury School head responds to boarding house inspection

Shaftesbury residents visit Tewkesbury for hedgehog rescue training

Shaftesbury shopkeepers feature in national magazine

All you need to know about Sunday’s Shaftesbury Food Festival

Town Band find £150k saving in £1m hall project

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Shaftesbury jobs

View from the Hill – A visitor from Sussex loves the Abbey

Soundscapes - A Skylark at Win Green by Nick Crump

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury Hospital Friends buys second Abbey Walk house For NHS use

Government decision on Shaftesbury Hospital funding expected

Shaftesbury artist creates book of 40 town sketches

Cann Mill opens Sunday for tours

Shaftesbury schoolgirl is finalist in song writing contest

'Wiltshire's best cake sale' on Saturday at Sedgehill

Town councillors disagree over claims in PR mailshot

Shaftesbury what's ons

Soundscapes - A corn bunting at Win Green

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Motcombe’s Countryside Spring Show to return in ‘23

35 voice chamber choir to sing in Fontmell

Council supports A30 traveller site renewal - but not permanently

Antiques Natter – Shaftesbury trader John Morgan

Dorset Council discusses Ukrainian refugee settlement challenges

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Melbury villagers plan vintage goods and plant sale for church repairs

Soundscapes - Dawn chorus and a woodpecker at Duncliffe

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Families assured safe circuit for North Dorset Cycle Ride

Shaftesbury FC hosts its weekend music festival

Enmore Green couple lead music celebrations at Ansty May Day

Hampshire roofer helps position Shaftesbury and Charlton swift boxes

Nick Andrew’s gardening guide – No Mow May

St James’ residents Andy Perkins’ Italian diary

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Shaftesbury jobs

Soundscapes - A distant fox at Duncliffe

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury fire crew tackles farm fire between Motcombe and Gillingham

Bird call replayed to attract nesting swifts to Semley

Dorset Council seeks answers on bus bid failure

Poor response to Shaftesbury bus survey

‘Just a Thought’ - John Parker on our more virtual world

Shaftesbury what’s ons

View from the Hill – A visitor from Bristol

Elaine Cadogan’s ode to the A350

Why do we celebrate May Day? Penny-Jane Swift tells Nick Crump

Soundscapes - Ginger-haired bumblebees at Rolt Millennium Green

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Ofsted report – Shaftesbury School boarding house ‘doesn't meet national minimum standards’

‘It’s just huge’ - Shaftesbury FC chairman on winning the Wessex Cup

East Stour villagers to sell thousands of sunflowers for Ukraine

Crossroads – Max Hedges’ acoustic music at Muston’s today

Extras needed for Shaftesbury singers’ Bank Holiday video shoot

Theatre company Play GC to perform at Donheads church

Kate and Karren chat ‘Over the Garden Fence’

Maggie Pierce reads ‘Escape’

Soundscapes – Nick Crump records a nuthatch and woodpecker at Duncliffe

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Proud Shaftesbury Primary headteacher Paul Lavis on the school's 'Good' Ofsted

Shaftesbury FC chairman excited to play 'first final ever' this afternoon

Phillip Houghton reflects on this weekend's closure of Hine and Parsons

Why you should visit Fonthill Estate this weekend

Paul Merefield's pub quiz

Walk of the Week - On the flat - Grosvenor Road towards Semley

Meet my Pet - Anya Noakes and Tuppence

Sad news from Kate Scott in her Shaftesbury chicken keeping diary

Karen Cole reviews 'First Born' by Will Dean

Soundscapes - a fledgling blackbird in a barn by Nick Crump

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Melbury Council supports request for new St James’ car park

Shaftesbury PC advises ‘dogs on leads’ after dead buzzard found

TV crew film Dorset food show in Shaftesbury, Melbury and Motcombe

New monthly Shaftesbury arts fair launches on Saturday

View from the Hill – Party from Seattle visit Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Meet Shaftesbury’s Knit and Natter group

Shaftesbury Wellness Shark Laura Langley on ‘taking a step back’

Soundscapes - Goldfinches in a tree in the Rolt Millennium Garden