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Shaftesbury what’s ons

Limited quarrying approved in West Melbury - AONB is supportive

Shaftesbury restaurant may convert into home

Council says 'holidaymakers-only' for new Salisbury Street flats

Guys Marsh can increase fence height around proposed sports pitch

Steep heating price rises concern Shaftesbury publicans

Shadows tribute band reschedule pre-pandemic concert

View from the Hill – Sussex visitors

Shaftesbury gardening advice with Jan Walls

Gauging interest - Shaftesbury railway modeller Alan Stainer

New astrophotography book features starry skies above Gold Hill

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Shaftesbury what’s ons

Shaftesbury fire crew attend overturned vehicle on Zig Zag Hill

Shaftesbury Tree Group wants action after mature oaks felled without notice

Former Shaftesbury schoolboy moves to Ukraine to provide humanitarian aid

American writer will share Shaftesbury stories with his large readership

North Dorset dialect poetry with John Cluett

View from the Hill – Visitors from coastal Essex

Soundscapes – Tawny owls in Cann

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury what's ons

Town Council finally decides on Castle Hill benches

Donhead St Andrew fete preparations

Hot summer affects Fontmell Down butterfly sightings

Kate and Karren chat 'Over the Garden Fence'

View historic pics or play the organ at Donhead Church

Businesses can win promotion in Shaftesbury Carnival sponsors’ raffle

'The Pole' – A short story by Richard Foreman

Soundscapes - A pied wagtail in Fontmell

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Councillor who will decide High Street pedestrianisation says there’s strong opposition

Shaftesbury indie bookstore owners will share their story at national conference

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Meet my Pet – Heather and her Burmese cats

Paul Merefield’s pub quiz

Walk of the Week – The Donheads

Kate Scott’s chicken keeping diary

Karen Cole reviews Bologna - Requiem in La Rossa by Tom Benjamin

Soundscapes - Birdsong on Breach Lane

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Shaftesbury School headteacher says GCSE results are possibly best ever

Guys Marsh Jailhouse Café closes

Railway company responds after taxis are fined waiting for late trains

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Shaftesbury expert praises Dorset Council’s ‘brilliant’ electric vehicle charger rollout

Shaftesbury’s new women's circle - a safe, supportive discussion space

More Shaftesbury homes sold without website or estate agent window promotion

Shaftesbury town crier remembers 14 killed by WW2 bomb on local railway

Shaftesbury jobs

Soundscapes – A nightingale in Fontmell

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Shaftesbury what’s ons

North Dorset taxi firms fined while waiting for delayed trains at Gillingham Station

Shaftesbury Man promoted to senior Dorset special constable role

Shaftesbury singer Conor Smith’s new single

Outdoor fitness returns to Castle Hill this Saturday

Motcombe 10-year-old’s fundraiser to buy his future car

Jane’s Jobs – North Dorset vacancies

View from the Hill - Friends from Guildford

Jeanette and Jackie chat about 60s and 70s TV memories

Shaftesbury area road closures and works

Artist Ravi Butalia at Shaftesbury Arts Centre

Soundscapes – Birdsong on Raspberry Lane

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Shaftesbury couple to auction Bentley kept in their Cann shed since 1968

Shaftesbury what’s ons

Shaftesbury jobs

Wildflower verges allowing walkers to peer into Grosvenor Road bedrooms

Powerful poetry inspired by Sedgehill and motherhood challenges is published

East Melbury metalworker will display eco-friendly foundry in Berlin

St James’ man Andy Perkins and his postcard from Venice

Shaftesbury traffic and road closures

Soundscapes - Snoring pigs in Twyford

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Shaftesbury what's ons

Council sets aside war memorial maintenance budget but cleaning is complicated

Guys Marsh Prison reports high inmate self-harm and staff assault rate

Shaftesbury PC offers Great Dorset Steam Fair security and traffic advice

John Parker celebrates Salisbury Street Green

View from the Hill - Greenwich visitor finds Shaftesbury affordable

New café and animal paddocks attraction opens between Shaftesbury and Gillingham

Shaftesbury road closures

Jane's Jobs - Latest local vacancies

Rachel Diment's water-saving tips

Soundscapes - Daybreak in Ludwell

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Shaftesbury what's ons

Shaftesbury residents' empty homes moves Storehouse furniture volunteer to tears

Dorset Local Plan latest and no repeat of Shaftesbury estates mistake for Gillingham

Shaftesbury travel news and road closures

How Donhead publican hopes to increase AirBnB trade

View from the Hill - Visitors from Holland

Terrifying non-fiction book on sale at Shaftesbury's Oxfam Bookshop

Motcombe pupils reflect on their village radio project

Shaftesbury architecture - Phil Proctor on Gold Hill Museum

Soundscapes - Twyford Brook

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Shaftesbury what’s ons

Transport officials recommend against upgrade of A350 as M4 to Poole link

Photography guru Charlie Waite gifts artwork to Shaftesbury Hospital

Blanche Miller shares seven decades of Donhead memories

Shaftesbury traffic news

View from the Hill - Visitors compared Shaftesbury with Keswick

Sunday story – Deborah Jones reads ‘The Life Saver’

Soundscape – Sparrows in St James’ Street hedge