The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Controversial St James house plot for sale | Dorset to mark Armed Forces Day | Fontmell bird count | Shaftesbury what’s ons and vacancies | Mampitts Square future use debate | Couch to 5k in Motcombe | Sheep with new lambs in Ashmore

On today’s Alfred Daily: Phone-first policy for Shaftesbury hospital | Why Refill Day helps Shaftesbury’s war on plastic | Twyford couple offering farm tours | TLW Dance students run to raise funds for show | Springhead achieves renewable target | Motcombe artist Ian Reilly’s exhibition | John Cluett reads ‘Shaftesbury Fair’ by William Barnes | A song thrush in Breach Common

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Council tackles fly tipping | Dorset doesn’t want more 2021 visitors | Town Council awards cash to good causes | Gold Hill Festival still going ahead but PM’s statement brings changes | Mary Myers’ smallholding | Swallows in Cann by Tom Perrett

On today’s Alfred Daily: Calls for Gold Hill clean-up | Could you manage Shaftesbury Ladies FC? | Dorset Council’s pandemic performance | Dementia care experience in Semley | Arts Centre summer show goes ahead | Perspective of Shaftesbury teenagers | Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails | Housemartins and sheep at Rolt Millennium Green

On today’s Alfred Daily: Queen’s birthday honour for Ashmore author | Dorset library home deliveries please users | Better Wincombe Rec walking routes | Prizes for Shaftesbury’s young artists | North Dorset Nature with Clive Whitbourn | Jackie and Jeanette remember village shops | A song thrush at Cann

On today’s Alfred Daily: Slight COVID-19 case increase | Groups work together on Shaftesbury wildflower verges | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Coppice Street playpark fencing too costly | Shaftesbury’s Hilltop majorettes | Kate and Karren chat ‘over the garden fence’ | Barkley Johnson reads ‘Summertime’ | A blackcap at dusk in Cann

On today’s Alfred Daily: Catalytic converter thefts in Melbury | Shaftesbury's new estate needs redesigning | Secret knitters strike in Shaftesbury | Compton Parish Council’s suggested walks | Karen Cole reviews a psychological thriller | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Longtail tits in Duncliffe Woods

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury’s biggest floral display in history | Shaftesbury School boarding house new plans | Abbey complains about new estate name | Dorset Chamber of Commerce positive about 2021 | Shaftesbury poet Richard Foreman | Shaftesbury fitness guru Laura Langley | Skylarks at Melbury Beacon

On today’s Alfred Daily: Love Lane kissing gate | Volunteers to greet Shaftesbury's summer visitors | 50+ performances and new venues for Fringe | Shaftesbury what's ons and jobs | Three friends host colourful Arts Centre Gallery show | Mary Myers' Wardour smallholding diary | Birdsong at Cockrams

On today’s Alfred Daily: North Dorset Arts Week planned | Semley’s alternative market | Town Centre is ‘creaking at the seams’ | A30 allotments won’t be screened | Shaftesbury what’s ons | ‘Debt of gratitude’ to Dorset foster carers | The man who motivates BV Dairy’s staff | Goldfinches on Wincombe Lane