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February 27, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 28th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Angola ’76 boss needs Shaftsbury’s help | New COVID-19 case rates rise | North Dorset COVID-19 jab rate | Motcombe nature – grizzly great tits | Kate and Karren chat about fabric faux pas | Shaftesbury roadworks | Barkley Johnson’s short story
49 min
February 26, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 27th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Complaints upheld against Shaftesbury councillors | Shaftesbury fringe will go ahead | Shaftesbury Museum makes drone movie | Surprise find on Shaftesbury driveway | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Tom Perrett walks Gutch Common | Chicken keeper Kate Scott | Karen Cole reviews Nordic noir novel ‘Smoke Screen’ | Sounds of Springhead waters
52 min
February 25, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 26th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: More beauty spot car crime | Shaftesbury’s architecture recognised | Shaftesbury book festival will go ahead | Tales from Cranborne Chase walks | Julie Wood on Scots Pine | Safety fencing at Shaftesbury playpark and pond | Planning appeal over Breach Lane eco-home | Soundscapes - afternoon birdsong in Ludwell
44 min
February 24, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 25th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Motcombe singer signed to record label | Attracting post-lockdown staycationers to Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury’s bee lady hosts four events |Dorset Council census help | Improving Motcombe to Gillingham routes | Shaftesbury chef Philippa Davis | Birds in Donhead St Mary churchyard
43 min
February 23, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 24th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Gold Hill Fair to return on 4th July | Rebuttal for new Redrow estate application | Wiltshire council tax set | Online Fringe event launched | No rush’ to reopen Arts Centre | Breach Lane birdwatching walk | Ducks and lambs at Springhead
36 min
February 22, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 23rd February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Angola ’76 loses planning appeal | Fontmell Down litter | Shaftesbury’s Twinning Association | Terrier leaps from Semley pick up | Dirty Nails on worms | Birds in Enmore Green orchard
45 min
February 21, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 22nd February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: New Castle Green dog rules | Shaftesbury publican calls time | Changes at Shaftesbury and Ludwell pubs | Marathon run for brain injury charity |Saving Donheads hedgehogs| North Dorset farming with David Kerswell | Shaftesbury poet Richard Foreman | Shaftesbury what’s ons | A dunnock on Salisbury Road
44 min
February 20, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 21st February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury area COVID-19 cases | Johnnie and Tiggy Walker launch podcast | Third application for new St James home | Kate and Karren on COVID jabs | A polecat in Motcombe | Barkley Johnson’s story ‘The Fifth Bell’ | Sparrows on Breach Lane
49 min
February 19, 2021 Alfred Daily_20-02-2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury firms can get staff COVID-19 tests | Student recreates Shaftesbury Abbey | Emma Vallender’s ‘novel idea’ | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | A walk around Fontmell Magna | The search for Shaftesbury’s celandine | Shaftesbury area roadworks | Shaftesbury book blogger Karen Cole | Birdsong at Semley’s Brick Kiln Woods
44 min
February 18, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 19th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Electric bike rentals | Shaftesbury School students share photos | Shaftesbury live music after lockdown | Arts Centre wardrobe mistress | Replacing Jubilee Steps railings | Julie Wood on elder | Song thrush in Donhead St Mary
48 min

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Essential daily news, conversation and information for Shaftesbury and the villages of the Cranborne Chase and Blackmore Vale areas of North Dorset and South Wiltshire.