The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Muston’s Lane café bar approved | Free Win Green family fun day | Weed clearance restarts on Breach Common | Karen Cole reviews ‘When I Was Ten’ by Fiona Cummins | Chicken keeper Kate Scott | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Sunset at Fontmell Down

On today’s Alfred Daily: Sainsbury's considered for new Shaftesbury shop | All night fundraiser at Shaftesbury sheltered housing | Guys Marsh Prison’s new farm shop | Shaftesbury Abbey’s ‘utility’ herbs | Shaftesbury poet Richard Foreman | Sounds of a greater spotted woodpecker

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury parking fees set to rise | Dorset Council’s new tree policy | Shaftesbury’s Town Council need to share climate action | Melbury artist Jane Shepherd | e-scooter use in Dorset. | Compton’s new ramblers’ resource | Jackie and Jeanette’s memories | Sunset on Breach Common

On today’s Alfred Daily: Pedestrianisation passed by 8 votes to 3 | Shaftesbury students meet ‘Educating Yorkshire’ star | 150 years of Shaftesbury’s hospital | Park Walk’s pop-up sculpture park | Rail change could clog county roads | Wardour smallholding diary | Shaftesbury events | Bird song on Castle Hill

On today’s Alfred Daily: ‘Party in the park’ for Motcombe | 70 years of North Dorset RFC | T-shirts wanted for sustainable Fringe | John Cluett reads North Dorset poetry | Gardener - DIrty Nails on oak trees | Shaftesbury events and jobs | Church bells from Park Walk

On today’s Alfred Daily: Controversial St James house approved | A350 upgrade confusion | Former St John Ambulance boss urges hall closure rethink | Melbury historian Bob Breach | Shaftesbury events guide | Charity shop appeals for more donations | Mampitts Road book exchange | A whitethroat on Coles Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury resident TV chef Lesley Waters | Berwick St John country fair cancelled | Shaftesbury charity Boobs | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Friends Kate and Karren chat | Another story from Hartgrove writer Barkley Johnson | Soundscapes –young starlings

On today’s Alfred Daily: Breach Lane eco-home wins appeal | Shaftesbury residents’ national service memories | Dorset and Wiltshire charity tops UK poll | Enmore Green artist Carolyne Moran | Nightingales on Tom Perrett’s walk | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Karen Cole reviews David Baldacci’s latest | Kate Scott’s chickens’ unusual eating habits | Shaftesbury weekend what’s ons | A moorhen on Wardour Lake

On today’s Alfred Daily: Serious A350 collision | Dorset tops vaccine take-up | Motcombe artist NHS tribute | Dorset Arts Week visit | Shaftesbury Weekend what’s ons | Hospital Friends push for electric vehicle funding | Abbey culinary herbs with Julie Wood | A greater spotted woodpecker at Coles Lane Farm

On today’s Alfred Daily: Mark Blackman on his St Mary’s School role | Bell Street traffic concerns | Shaftesbury Community Fridge | Management changes at Shaftesbury FC | Coles Lane reopens | Motcombe Shop backs Stars appeal | Shaftesbury what’s ons and jobs | Coping with fitness failure with Laura Langley | Wrens and blackcaps near Charlton