On The Alfred Daily Today:

New café brings new foods to Shaftesbury from 2nd January.

Church bells will ring in Donhead today.

Shaftesbury area gym owners share motivation tips.

Shaftesbury’s ghost walk.

Wardour shepherd Renato on our smallholding diary.

Soundscapes – A great tit hunting in Melbury.

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Covid-19 rates in Shaftesbury area rose before Christmas.

Carlink volunteers win annual Shaftesbury civic award.

North Dorset’s new weekly arts programme.

David Grierson - A music-teaching career in Shaftesbury and China.

Shaftesbury Bafta judge Anya Noakes.

Soundscapes - A spring flows from a Melbury hillside.

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Cann dog groomer’s plan refused despite local support.

Angel Lane’s Anstee Bakery remembered.

BV Dairy will continues to support community in 2022.

North Dorset Cycle Ride registration opens

Ex-pat chat - Shaftesbury’s Iles family on life in Japan

Fly tipping on Zig Zag Hill

Soundscapes - A charm of goldfinches in the rain at Castle Hill.

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Flooding on A30 East Stour

Covid Booster clinic update

Shaftesbury town crier hosts a mummers play today.

Kate and Karren chat ‘Over the Garden Fence’.

Tom Perrett’s Walk of the Week for Boxing Day.

A Dorset Christmas tale – ‘William and the Bull’.

Soundscapes – Song thrushes at dawn in Enmore Green.

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Progress in tackling pandemic features in mayor’s Christmas address.

Compton Abbas Parish chairman on 2021 achievements.

Motcombe Council chairman outlines 2022 village goals.

Volunteers prepare to deliver free Christmas dinners.

Shaftesbury’s Christmas Day workers.

Paul Merefield’s pub quiz.

Christmas Day message from the Bishop of Sherborne.

Meet my Pet – Cami the Shaftesbury basset hound.

Kate Scott’s chickens at Christmas.

Karen Cole reviews Alexandra Benedict’s ‘The Christmas Murder Game’.

Soundscapes – sparrows in a Breach Lane holly bush.

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Firecrew rush to bin blaze on The Maltings.

Fontmell’s flower garden founder reflects on a successful year.

Serious discussion - Shaftesbury school starts debating events.

Shaftesbury what’s ons.

The Cottage on Black Venn - a chilling Christmas story by Barkley Johnson.

Hilltop History highlights.

Soundscapes - swans on Melbury’s lake.

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury teachers turn Santa - delivering gifts to pupils.

The Shaftesbury singers behind next year’s panto production.

Friends of Guys Marsh Prison - making things better for staff inmates and their families.

Motcombe locals asked to cut back hedges to avoid injury.

Jackie and Jeanette reminisce about Fontmell and Melbury Christmases.

A blind mouse at Enmore Green recorded by Nick Crump.

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Artsreach planning more live music and theatre in Motcombe.

An assisted dying campaign will form a Shaftesbury branch.

Meet the Shaftesbury man who decorates malls for Christmas.

Repairs brought forward for Motcombe’s sink hole road.

Oh deer! Swerving driver damages Motcombe village sign.

Owner bought Shaftesbury pet shop because he’s a people person.

John Cluett remembers a WW2 Christmas in the Blackmore Vale.

Wardour smallholder Mary reflects on the Shepherds’ Carol.

Soundscapes - A nuthatch cracks a nut at Breach Common.

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Shaftesbury Hospital Friends buy a second house to rent to NHS.

Witness appeal - Shaftesbury man injured in Bagber crash.

Police Commissioner wants council tax rise and better town CCTV.

Shaftesbury Christmas High Street market highlights.

New defibrillator is planned for St James.

The Fontmell man mixing thatching with fireworks.

Shaftesbury what’s ons.

Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails on the shortest day

Soundscapes - Beech leaves rustling in Win Green clump of trees.

On The Alfred Daily Today:

Motcombe councillors hope for flood defence upgrade.

New approach for Shaftesbury Carnival in 2022

Carols and a donkey celebrate Christmas in Motcombe.

Author David Burnett on Shaftesbury Christmas in old pics.

Shaftesbury vet Lynn Broom on pet safety at Christmas.

Shaftesbury what’s ons.

Abbey Primary Year 5 pupils with our final book review.

Soundscapes - A bullfinch on Breach Common by Nick Crump.