The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury’s Covid-19 rate | Is Shaftesbury a hedgehog friendly town? | Overgrown Shaftesbury trees will be trimmed | Racism in rural North Dorset | Kate and Karren chat | Barkley Johnson’s short story | Birdsong at Fontmell nature reserve

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset 999 services are stretched | Service remembers Semley’s murdered PC | Dorset businesses want masks and no handshakes | Dark skies volunteers sought | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | A walk through Milton-on-Stour | Shaftesbury what’s ons and jobs | Shaftesbury chicken owner Kate Scott | Karen Cole reviews ‘True Crime Story’ by Joseph Knox | Swans on Melbury’s lake

On today’s Alfred Daily: Firecrew called to harvester fire | Dorset Council won’t ask for reduced building quota | Tributes to Town Council worker | Shaftesbury Fringe free registration extended | St James playpark will be better for girls | North Dorset’s rugby sevens weekend | Shaftesbury artist Richard Hoare | Weight loss with Laura Langley | Long tailed tits in a silver birch

On today’s Alfred Daily: Pedestrianisation ends Sunday | Donheads woman to cut her hair off to fund hospital | Pavilion dedicated to Cricket Club volunteer | Concern for trees at Lidl works sit| Jackie and Jeanette on ‘the High Street’ | Shaftesbury events | A blackcap on Breach Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Tackling Shaftesbury catalytic convertor thefts | Wiltshire to be carbon neutral in nine years | Anna Bright’s Higher Combe smallholding | Businesses asked to understand menopause | Shaftesbury barbecue ban | Penguin picture wins for West Melbury artist | Shaftesbury what’s ons | East Orchard couple’s special wedding | Swallow fledglings at Coles Lane Farm

On today’s Alfred Daily: A voice for young Shaftesbury residents | Shaftesbury's most neighbourly street | Climate emergency could change our landscape | Shaftesbury School electric vehicle study | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Dirty Nails on willow and blackcaps | Waterfall at Wincombe Lake

On today’s Alfred Daily: Virginian Hayward’s recruitment challenge | Team GB gymnast coaching in Motcombe | Awards for young Shaftesbury artists | Shaftesbury FC’s hi-tech pitch | Shaftesbury history with Robert Mullins | Shaftesbury what’s ons and jobs | Magpies and jackdaws fight

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury area covid-19 cases rise again | Watching England’s 1966 football win | Shaftesbury’s greatest Italian fan on the game | Shaftesbury swifts tour | Kate and Karren chat | Two Brewers folk jam | Shaftesbury what’s ons and jobs | Barkley Johnson reads ‘An Imaginary Friend’ | Baby housemartins on St James Street

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury hospital electric vehicle appeal | Compton Abbas airfield pilot training winner | Shaftesbury monthly art sales return | Fontmell Down orchid walk with Tom Perrett | Kate Scott’s weekly chicken diary | Shaftesbury events and jobs | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Karen Cole reviews ‘The Maidens’ | A song thrush and St Peter’s church bells

On today’s Alfred Daily: Town Council debates Dorset Council car park changes | Motcombe councillor welcomes Speedwatch support | New opportunities at Shaftesbury FC | Better disability access at Abbey | Shaftesbury School students debate with Ghana | Why swimming is brilliant - Laura Langley | Waterfowl on Wincombe Lake