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January 28, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 29th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Burglary at Shaftesbury shop | Name chosen for Fontmell’s flower garden | Shaftesbury’s BV Dairy seizes opportunity | Recycling Shaftesbury’s old Christmas trees | Developer goes to appeal over new estate | Julie Wood on hazel | A song thrush on Castle Hill
45 min
January 27, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 28th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Town Council adds £30k to legal challenge fund | Vehicle collision in Cann | Shaftesbury musician played by BBC | Shaftesbury’s new Portuguese barber | Shaftesbury birdwatching with Annabel and Richard | Birdsong in the fog at Trinity Church
44 min
January 26, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 27th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: High Street resurfacing switches to overnights | Semley Council objects to new Sedgehill homes | Jubilee Steps railing needs replacing | Shaftesbury’s Holyrood Farm | Council cuts budget by 85p per home | Tapping into a Wardour spring | Adrian Ryder’s Shaftesbury snowdrops | Goldfinches on Breach Common
39 min
January 25, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 26th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Two-day Gillingham and Shaftesbury show is a one-off | Guys Marsh prison staff needs COVID-19 jab now | Water main bursts in Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury’s virtual Snowdrops competition | Shaftesbury Tree Group founder remembered | Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails | A collared dove in Trinity Churchyard
42 min
January 24, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 25th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Ashmore jigsaw maker is busier due to Brexit | Shaftesbury’s snowy hill seen worldwide | The story of Shaftesbury’s Hine and Parsons | Rachel Diment on snowdrop viewing sites | Call for better access to St Mary’s School | Preparing for the RSPB bird count | Shaftesbury wellness expert Laura Langley | Swans in Fontmell Magna
43 min
January 23, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 24th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Bell Street supermarket to be auctioned | Dorset Council questioned over St Mary’s School purchase | Rising COVID-19 cases around Shaftesbury | Kate and Karren chat about masks | Alex Chapman’s birdwatching report | Barkley Johnson’s short story | Snowdrop hunters on Stoney Path
45 min
January 22, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 23rd January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Blackmore Vale GP practice vaccinates 4,000 | Dorset Council frontline staff offered tests | Shaftesbury’s new ethical vintage shop | Chicken keeper Kate Scott | Tom Perrett visits Ashmore | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Shaftesbury fairtrade champion Arthur Simmonds | Karen Cole reviews ‘an incredible book’ | Jackdaws on Park Walk
46 min
January 21, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 22nd January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: New Maltings playpark disappoints | Three years of grant support for Shaftesbury Abbey | Shaftesbury town centre resurfacing plan changes | Semley’s Olympic freestyle skier Lloyd Wallace | John Cluett’s model trains | Julie Wood on oak | Dusk birdsong on Imber Road
44 min
January 20, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 21st January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Persimmon lodges appeal over new Shaftesbury estate | Shaftesbury to review local plan | Wincombe’s secret radio station | Samantha sings live from Margaret Marsh | Dave Toulson’s funniest schoolboy moment | Fox cubs playing in Fontmell Magna
36 min
January 19, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 20th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: New Shaftesbury School head to tackle disadvantage | Council objects to new road layout for proposed estate | Mood-lifting treats in Shaftesbury shops | Unsung hero Terry Matthews | Richard Foreman’s Shaftesbury poetry | An East Orchard elder tree in the wind
38 min

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