The Alfred Daily

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

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

On today’s Alfred Daily: Motcombe man celebrates 100th birthday wish | High Street roadworks latest | Shaftesbury’s Royal Mail team | Breach Common management | Actor Mark Blackham’s new life down under | Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails | The brook under Whitings Farm bridge

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Council carbon neutral by 2030 | Sustainable energy park for Motcombe | Birdwatching in Shaftesbury and Charlton | Clive Whitbourn’s North Dorset nature notes | Laura Langley’s lockdown wellness tips | Soundscapes – a spring on Buddens Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Drop in COVID-19 cases in Dorset Council area | Plan ahead for Shaftesbury road works | Artist’s snowdrop art | New Shaftesbury allotments | Rob Neely’s seventies memories | Kate and Karren chat ‘over the garden fence’ | Barkley Johnson’s short story | Male dunnock sings on Castle Hill

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Chief Constable on lockdown rules | Dorset Council’s leader on St Mary’s School plans | Shaftesbury Council awards cash for Abbey repairs | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Tom Perrett on walks with dogs | Shaftesbury chicken keeper Kate Scott | Book reviewer Karen Cole | A blue tit alarm call on Breach Common

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury TIC in awards final | Donate your laptop to Shaftesbury primary kids | Motcombe Council welcome St Mary’s School plan | Antisocial behaviour posters target Maltings | Exposure for Shaftesbury sweetshop owner | Kate Scott is halfway through Veganuary | Shaftesbury library books to your door | East Stour medicinal herbalist Julie Wood | Bickering sparrows on Abbey Walk

On today’s Alfred Daily: Action urged on ‘most dangerous road in North Dorset’ | Drivers taking shortcuts along Sweetmans Road | Could Shaftesbury fountain spread COVID-19? | Share your views on St Mary’s School | Dorset police and teachers need vaccine sooner | Dorset Wildlife Trust’s discount deal | Hedge laying at Shaftesbury Home Grown | David Kerswell on the pesticide threatening bees | Arts Centre Gallery’s Kate Pickard | A starling sings

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury man dies in sheltered housing fire | The Shaftesbury man questioned during the Pembrokeshire murders | Town Council told Maltings needs new entrance | Dorset Police discuss ‘local’ exercise | Claire Ryley - restoring Shaftesbury dolls houses | How Mary‘s ducks stay warm | A murder of crows on Park Walk

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Council plan to increase council tax rise | Dog agility course near Shaftesbury | Why you don’t see aerials on Gold Hill | Motcombe caravan expert Lee Davey | Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Evening Birdsong near Motcombe’s Thanes Farm