The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Campaign for spine road | By-election candidate Mike Madgwick | Fontmell’s flower garden | Sailing tragedy inspires Shaftesbury art | Personal chef Philippa Davis on gelato | Shaftesbury’s Trinity Church architecture | Shaftesbury what’s ons | A sunny spring day in Twyford

On today’s Alfred Daily: Council votes against bus gate | New homes on ATS site refused | Little lambs at Mary’s Wardour smallholding | Support group for Shaftesbury authors | New trustees for Arts Centre | Shaftesbury’s first cuckoo | A goldcrest at Rushmore’s woods

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Town Council candidate – Virginia Edwyn-Jones | Cyclists’ facilities enhanced in Shaftesbury | Government adviser says Gold Hill is his favourite | Sustainability fair for Shaftesbury Fringe | New temporary town centre car park | Dirty Nails on the dry April | Birdsong at sunset at Duncliffe

On today’s Alfred Daily: £20m for new Shaftesbury hospital facility | Abbeyfield chairman’s plea to Dorset planners | The train carriage beneath Shaftesbury centre | Port Regis music teacher to perform at Fringe | Grant funds Shaftesbury library online events | Melbury Abbas litter pick | Free books at Mampitts Road | A chiffchaff on Gascoigne’s Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury fire crew turnout | Restoring our area’s lost elms | St James’ friendly ghost | Reptile recording at Breach Common | Kate and Karren chat | Sunday story from Barkley Johnson | 5am dawn chorus at Castle Hill

On today’s Alfred Daily: New Shaftesbury town centre homes | Shaftesbury School students’ innovation | North Dorset affordable housing | Tom Perrett walks around Broadchalke | Kate Scott’s chicken keeping diary | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Karen Cole reviews ‘Broken Silence’ by Liz Mistry | Ponds, birds and bells on Layton Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury store sells food for 20p | Earth Day in Shaftesbury | New Shaftesbury tree festival announced | Works at The Wilderness | Mayor breaks virtual meeting deadlock | Shaftesbury fantasy games events | Dorset springtime book giveaway | Shaftesbury what’s ons | A tawny owl on Castle Hill

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Council explains planning delays | Shaftesbury Loop - Persimmon responds | Exhibiting artist describes bipolar challenges | A big day' for Shaftesbury FC | Group formed to help Shaftesbury hedgehogs | Shaftesbury fitness expert Laura Langley | High Street pedestrianisation | A parliament of magpies on Castle Hill

On today’s Alfred Daily: Spine road debate cancelled | New Shaftesbury shops want pedestrianisation | Gutch Common jewellery podcast | Call for villages to co-ordinate speed watch | Manure on Mary’s smallholding | Farmer’s barn owl box delight | Blackcaps and blue tits

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Police ‘reshape’ for better response | Police Commissioner candidate visits Shaftesbury | Speeding and littering in Melbury | No automatic 20mph for Dorset estates | Dorset National Park plans | Sedgehill campsite concerns | Dirty Nails on Dorset’s bluebells | A song thrush at dusk on Breach Lane