The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Mayor wants Gold Hill watchdog formed | Shaftesbury homes selling at above asking price | Two candidates for Shaftesbury by-election | Shaftesbury British Legion group’s plans | National chain buys Shaftesbury High Street shop | Artist encouraging us to see Cranborne Chase differently | Herbalist Julie Wood on benefits of vine and bramble | Greenfinches on Foyle Hill

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury printers fire | Snowdrops and apple events for Springhead | Shaftesbury’s new tourism website set to launch | Former Shaftesbury man stars in BBC show | Complete your census says Shaftesbury genealogist | Melbury Abbas Parish Council reacts to Dinah’s Hollow news | A swan chases a goose at Melbury

On today’s Alfred Daily: Green light for Dinah’s Hollow works | Dorset Council could absorb BCP’s housing | First outdoor walk since lockdown | Art brings Abbey to life | Shaftesbury’s pizza man – Tim Henry | Mary Myer’s sheep | Cancer Research reopening | Interactive drama for Motcombe | Birdsong on the Sturkle

On today’s Alfred Daily: Motcombe’s slow census response | Shaftesbury vineyard breaks | Shaftesbury boules pitch to move | Councillors reject tighter grants policy | AONB to certify dark sky businesses | Reporting reptiles - ‘Dirty Nails’ | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Bird song from a blue tit on Breach Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: ‘Community fridge’ for Shaftesbury | Commercial flower garden proposed for Ashmore | Larmer Tree Gardens tour | Inspiration for Bank Holiday walks | Mampitts Road free book exchange grows | John Cluett reads ‘Easter Monday’ by William Barnes | A goldfinch in East Orchard

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury area COVID-19 cases | Plan to improve Fontmell’s School | Lockdown changes Shaftesbury firefighters’ work | Kate and Karren chat | Dorset dialect Easter poems | Bishop of Sherborne Karen Gorham | Barkley Johnson’s story - ‘Rowland the Artist’ | A dunnock in East Orchard

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset’s new High Sheriff | Motcombe’s climate emergency challenge | Join our Compton Abbas upcycling expert | Tom and Jan Perrett’s weekly walk - East Stour | Shaftesbury chicken keeper Kate Scott | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Shaftesbury jobs | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Karen Cole reviews ‘The Hoax’ by Paul Clayton | A white-tailed bumblebee

On today’s Alfred Daily: The Maltings bus gate | Shaftesbury’s new gelato shop | Shaftesbury’s safer cycle loop | Former ‘Vicar of Dibley’ holds Shaftesbury services | | Julie Wood on heather | The Sturkle flowing from Melbury Mill

On today’s Alfred Daily: Concern over new Coppice Street car park | New Shaftesbury taekwondo group | Villagers launch survey of Sedgehill walkers | How a drain cover reveals Shaftesbury’s history | Dorset Police Chief Constable expects busiest summer | Walking for wellbeing with Laura Langley | Swallows on Coles Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Car park review starts without Shaftesbury input | Midnight fire in Enmore Green | Extra space for Salt Cellar diners | Grosvenor Arms owners award |Don’t turn shop into home says council | Plan for homes at Cann farm refused | BV Dairy’s HR manager Dagmara Bielinska | Dawn chorus at Castle Hill