The Alfred Daily

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January 08, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 9th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: ‘Serious’ situation within Dorset NHS | Hike in COVID-19 cases around Shaftesbury | No major events in 2021 says Shaftesbury Chamber of Commerce | Fire closes A350 near Semley | Shaftesbury chicken keeper Kate Scott | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | A walk around Ludwell | Karen Cole recommends ‘Midnight at Malabar House’ | Icicles alongside a North Dorset lake
41 min
January 07, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 8th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: More on St Mary’s school purchase | Shaftesbury’s litter pickers’ milestone | Shaftesbury GP on COVID-19 jabs challenge | Shaftesbury community notes | Shaftesbury’s new printer Matthew Fields | The wonders of willow | A freezing sunset at Win Green
44 min
January 06, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 7th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Kind stranger pays for shopping | Fontmell’s new flower garden | Ready meals for Shaftesbury’s locals in need | Shaftesbury Snowdrops exhibition cancelled | Shaftesbury’ Poet Richard Foreman| Great spotted woodpeckers in East Orchard
41 min
January 05, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 6th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury’s mayor on lockdown | Motcombe lockdown support volunteers ready | Mary Myers’ Wardour smallholding | Industrial revolution ruined Shaftesbury’s economy | Shaftesbury lockdown business changes | Shaftesbury rainfall pattern changes | A north wind in Breach Lane birches
42 min
January 04, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 5th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury MP wants teachers prioritised for COVID jab | Tesco suggests Lidl should build on Shaftesbury FC ground | Shaftesbury New Year plant survey | Shaftesbury School’s new head shares her vision | Stories from Shaftesbury’s workhouse | Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails | Blue tits on Pine Walk
43 min
January 03, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 4th January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: British Legion planning centenary year | Shaftesbury builder buys woodland | Artist Martin Debenham | A Dorset New Year - John Cluett | Shaftesbury smallholder transforms polytunnel to protect chickens | Great tits at Breach Common
42 min
January 02, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 3rd January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury area COVID-19 cases climb | Praise for Shaftesbury council workers | Home-Start North Dorset calls off merger | A lifetime promoting the UK - Tony Deyes | Kate and Karren on unusual Shaftesbury sights | Barkley Johnsons short story | How the Victorians promoted Shaftesbury as a health resort | Jackdaws and robins on Breach Lane
37 min
January 01, 2021 The Alfred Daily – 2nd January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Updated Shaftesbury COVID-19 vaccinations info | Water bottle refill ‘fountain’ for Shaftesbury | New Year diaries sell fast in Shaftesbury | Chicken keeper Kate Scott gives first aid | The reason behind resolutions | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Birdsong and donkeys at The Wilderness
41 min
December 31, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 1st January 2021
On today’s Alfred Daily: Recording Breach Common flowers in bloom | Donhead’s wellness expert Gabriela Lerner | East Stour medicinal herbalist Julie Wood on the power of ivy | Chef Philippa Davis’ Veganuary advice | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Wood pigeons on Breach Lane
44 min
December 30, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 31st December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury’s landlords’ ‘relief’ at tier 3 status | Civic Society’s thoughts on pedestrianisation | Springhead 2021 plans | David Toulson’s 2020 | Shaftesbury’s Polish community at New Year | Blue tits on Brinscombe Lane
36 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.