The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Councillors can’t stand new Persimmon plans | Archaeological finds in hospital car park | Wardour’s theatre company perform Shakespeare | Local student excels in aerial acrobatics | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Jeanette and Jackie on childhood toys | Bumblebees on Breach Lane clover

On today’s Alfred Daily: Twenty is plenty is St James | Wiltshire’s grass cutting policy | Shaftesbury GPs’ project helps fall patients | New contacts over wine in Melbury |Shaftesbury businesses in Muddy Stilettos awards final |Expert talk on Abbey herbs | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Donhead’s ‘Jellytot’ smallholding | Soundscapes – a grey squirrel and sheep

On today’s Alfred Daily: Port Regis School rewilding | Shaftesbury Town Council’s climate change action | Shaftesbury Community Choir set to return | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Dirty Nails on helping housemartins | Shaftesbury poet Richard Foreman | Shaftesbury arts fairs return | A blackcap and a chiffchaff

On today’s Alfred Daily: Celebrating Shaftesbury’s swifts | Arts Centre outdoor show | Volunteers welcome Shaftesbury visitors | Shaftesbury charity chairman seeks trustees | Life as a Shaftesbury teenager | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Rotarians happy with Gold Hill Festival | A wren and a whitethroat at Duncliffe

On today’s Alfred Daily: Local covid-19, vaccination and hospital stats | Shopkeepers saddened by vandalism | Vocalist Rebecca Chambers sings live | Folk music sessions in Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Shaftesbury’s ‘New Billionaires’ busk | Kate and Karren chat | Barkley Johnson’s story ‘Believe it or Not’ | Blue tits on Breach Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Chamber wants better car park fees | Donkey and Shetland pony sanctuary | Shaftesbury weekend what’s ons | Tom Perrett’s Ashmore walk | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Shaftesbury chicken keeper Kate Scott | Karen Cole’s book review | Chaffinch on Castle Hill Mound

On today’s Alfred Daily: Better bus service for North Dorset | Semley’s sustainable market relaunches | ‘Lucky dip’ bags to reduce food waste | Sunday rotary preview |Shaftesbury fitness guru Laura Langley | Gold Hill Festival is ready | Wrens and jackdaws in St James

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury armed robbery | Charlotte and Charlene open dream salon | Shaftesbury Library children’s challenge | Britain in Bloom judge impressed | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Two grow up in Dorset with Jackie and Jeanette | Bowling Club open weekend | A buzzard and a roe deer at Rushmore

On today’s Alfred Daily: Mampitts Square project group plan | Shaftesbury’s Abbeyfield Home changes name | Shaftesbury rector vacancy unfilled | Row the channel from St James | Motcombe man helps homeless | Mary meets the ten-year-old Donheads smallholder | Pipistrelle bats on Breach Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Police appeal after criminal damage | Approval for Castle Hill management | Motcombe man takes marathon walk | Forest school sessions in Semley | Shaftesbury what’s ons and jobs | Shaftesbury Arts Centre’s summer show | Dirty Nails - parsnip problems | Soundscapes - Dawn chorus Enmore Green