The Alfred Daily

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December 29, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 30th December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Plans under way for Shaftesbury’s health centre COVID-19 vaccinations | New Shaftesbury wildlife group appoints ambassador | Memories of 1960s living in Salisbury Street | Shaftesbury what’s ons | John Cluett reads Dorset poetry | Sounds of the stream at The Butts
37 min
December 28, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 29th December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Fontmell Magna speeding | Park Walk Tai Chi | Fire Service discourage Chinese lanterns | Dirty Nails remembers Coppice Street’s sycamore | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Catherine Simmonds’ poem | Forty goldfinches at Rolt Millennium Garden
32 min
December 27, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 28th December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Rev Helen Dawes’ last Shaftesbury service | Ashmore phone charger fire | 2020 Shaftesbury crowdsourcing | Storm Bella aftermath | Shaftesbury events | Poetry from Richard Foreman | Soundscapes – a family climbs Gold Hill
33 min
December 26, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 27th December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Rise in Dorset and Wiltshire COVID-19 cases | Shaftesbury environmentalist Pippa Mukherjee | Kate and Karren chat about chocolate and snowdrops | Hartgrove writer Barkley Johnson’s short story | Springwater on French Mill Lane
38 min
December 25, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 26th December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Police address dog thefts | Shaftesbury postman Jerome | Spending Christmas abroad - Kate and Karren’s memories | Chicken owner Kate Scott’s Christmas | Paul Merefield’s quiz | Tom Perrett Compton Abbas walk | Matt and Steve’s Shaftesbury Carnival show | Bells and birdsong on Stoney Path
41 min
December 24, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 25th December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Santa arrives in Shaftesbury – on a motorbike | Words from the Bishop of Sherborne | Shaftesbury’s Syrian family celebrates Christmas | A Christmas message from Shaftesbury's mayor | Greetings from local parish council chairmen | West Melbury farmer Jon Stanley | Christmas music from Shaftesbury Town Silver Band | Delivering Christmas day meals to Shaftesbury | East Stour herbalist Julie Wood on holly | Magpies and blackbirds in Duncliffe
46 min
December 23, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 24th December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: BV filling station closes | Shaftesbury resident’s Austrian Christmas | Christmas day worker Myra McDadd | Mary Myer’s Wardour smallholding | Praise for Shaftesbury’s Hospital | Rosie King’s Arts Centre diary | Shaftesbury trio Belle Street | A starling and a carrion crow
40 min
December 22, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 23rd December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Developer should pay Shaftesbury for Cann estate | An 18th century solider who wandered around Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury mental health support for Christmas | Shaftesbury students release charity CD | Shaftesbury chef Philippa Davis’ Christmas tips | Mary Myer's Wardour smallholding | Bird chatter on Castle Hill
38 min
December 21, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 22nd December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury broadband problems persist | Shaftesbury Council demands meeting with Redrow | Juggler in Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury vet’s Christmas pet advice | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Grants for businesses hit by tier 2 | Dorset Christmas COVID-19 test sites | Wildlife-friendly gardener Dirty Nails | Sounds of the Sturkle flowing past Melbury
35 min
December 20, 2020 The Alfred Daily – 21st December 2020
On today’s Alfred Daily: Festival planned to celebrate Shaftesbury’s dark skies | Speed reduction wanted for B3091 | Shaftesbury area carolling | Rosie Langley makes sustainable gift wrap | Shaftesbury Arts Centre’s set-builders | What’s new at Shaftesbury’s Weldmar shop | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Soundscapes - Park Walk
42 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.