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February 17, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 18th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury dementia garden agreed | Shaftesbury filmmaker proud to feature town | ‘Shaftesbury’ rose | Shaftesbury’s Open House | Town Council objects to use of brick | Shaftesbury history - Guy’s Marsh Hospital | Motivating tips for Shaftesbury runners | An afternoon on Breach Common
46 min
February 16, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 17th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Council tax is set | Shaftesbury police seize uninsured car | No more Shaftesbury estates | More wildflowers for Shaftesbury | Motcombe speeding and litter | Climate less important to survey respondents | Mary Myers’ smallholding diary | North Dorset - bombed before the Blitz | Bullfinches at Breach Common
42 min
February 15, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 16th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: New Shaftesbury shop celebrates Dorset nature | Re-using empty Shaftesbury homes | Shaftesbury students share powerful black writing | Action on flood-prone roads | Motcombe tree planting underway | Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails | Poetry from Ann Brooks | The weir in Semley
45 min
February 14, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 15th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Redrow wants to extend Shaftesbury estate | Jon Corry meets Derek Beer | Compton Abbas flying course contest | How lockdown alters residents’ rubbish | Shaftesbury Town Council opposes Enmore Court plans again | Umbers Hill afternoon birdsong
41 min
February 13, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 14th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury area COVID-19 cases down | Motcombe’s Valentine’s treat | Nat and Ben on Motcombe’s otters | Park Walk decorated for Valentine’s Day | Kate and Karren on Win Green’s beauty | Barkley Johnson’s Valentine’s Day story | North Dorset nature - a dunnock in St James
47 min
February 12, 2021 Alfred Daily_13-02-2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Local Plan consultation opens | Shaftesbury history being offered | Shaftesbury area dark skies festival | Poor state of cobbles following road works | Tom Perrett’s snowdrop walk | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Karen Cole’s book recommendation | Motcombe woman’s lockdown verse | A robin sings
43 min
February 11, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 12th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Persimmon granted Shaftesbury public enquiry | Shaftesbury police warn of new scam | Facebook page aims to bring Shaftesbury together | Mayor welcomes new convenience store plans | Shaftesbury’s acts of kindness continue | Julie Wood on blackthorn | Rich Foreman reads ‘Things Have Changed’ | Soundscapes - Melbury Abbas Mill
42 min
February 10, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 11th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Bell Street supermarket plans | Calls for heritage streetlights in Bell Street | Motcombe fire | Visitors caused Dorset’s virus | The kindness of Shaftesbury strangers | Mary’s Wardour smallholding | The ‘colourful’ Earl of Shaftesbury | Creature feature – a Castle Hill song thrush
43 min
February 09, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 10th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Town Council debate free car park days | Flooding roads risk to COVID-19 jab patients | Ecuadorian birder lists Springhead species | Ideas for Motcombe’s phone box | History and nature at Bury Litton | Shaftesbury wellness expert Laura Langley | A great tit in Melbury
37 min
February 08, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 9th February 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Concern over Shaftesbury planning appeals | Shaftesbury Civic Society folds | BV Dairy staff ‘hidden heroes’ | Belle Street Valentine’s show | Arts Centre actor Jerome Swan | One way town centre footpath | Dirty Nails on spuds | A great tit at Kingsettle
44 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.