The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Carolling safely on your doorstep | Enmore Green Christmas preparations | Civic Society wants town lights on longer | Motcombe tree planting project | Foyle Hill barn set to become a home | Hike in Dorset housebuilding targets | Kate Scott’s chicken keeping diary | Christmas gifts for walkers | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Shaftesbury weekend events | Karen Cole on 'The Last Resort' | Early morning magpie chatter

On today’s Alfred Daily: No food sales on North Dorset trains | Neil Colclough’s art exhibition | Catalytic convertor anti-theft advice | Struggling parents offered free kids coats | Two Brewers pub planning for either COVID tier | Dorset Council condemns Extinction Rebellion | Janet Swiss’ Shaftesbury quiz | Herbalist Julie Wood on ash trees | Birds on a Breach Lane holly bush

On today’s Alfred Daily: Councillors’ behaviour criticised | Shaftesbury FC’s all-weather pitch is closer | Rapid COVID testing for Shaftesbury care home | Shaftesbury Homegrown hedge laying | Plan to build homes in old chicken shed | Shaftesbury poet Catherine Simmonds | Pine Walk at daybreak

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dinah’s Hollow works | Parking fee U-turn | North Dorset refuge | Shaftesbury councillors back pub change | Brigit Strawbridge Howard on garden bird safety | More disruption getting through Gillingham | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Shaftesbury's Cancer Research shop bargains | New ram at Wardour smallholding | Birdsong at Morgan’s Hanging

On today’s Alfred Daily: Police warn over hare and deer coursing | Spreadeagle Hill collision court case | Witness appeal following North Dorset crash | Shaftesbury choir recruiting | The books nobody wants | ATV thefts alert | Carolling in Enmore Green | Shaftesbury Primary’s ‘reverse advent calendar’ | Shaftesbury’s Christingle services | Rosie King’s Arts Centre diary | An ode to Alfred | Dirty Nails on bracken | Soundscapes - dawn on Gascoigne’s Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Two Shaftesbury gypsy sites identified | Vehicle exceeds 100mph in Cann | Objections to Semley polo training plan | Men’s jackets at Shaftesbury Weldmar | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Making classic cars more sustainable | Neil Adlam on Shaftesbury’s Bury Litton trees | Soundscapes - bird song at Gore Clump

On today’s Alfred Daily: New chef for Guys Marsh Jailhouse Café | Another fall in new COVID cases | Shaftesbury events | Shaftesbury town centre print services saved | Kate and Karren praise Shaftesbury’s spirit | The mayor makes medlar jelly | Barkley Johnson’s short story | Birdsong in Twyford

On today’s Alfred Daily: Melbury Council supports Cann estate | Cleaning Shaftesbury’s windows for free | Charlton’s Glebe Gallery | Shaftesbury Chamber Christmas light appeal | Tom Perrett walks around Tisbury | Chicken keeper Kate Scott | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | A festive choice from Shaftesbury book blogger Karen Cole | Magpies on Breach Common

On today’s Alfred Daily: 5% council tax hike proposed | Shaftesbury firecrew called to burning pylon | Gluten-free focus for new Shaftesbury café | Pop-up shop for Shaftesbury Guinness World Record partner | Bedsit for Shaftesbury care workers | Times recommends Shaftesbury author | Julie Wood on alder | Midmorning birdsong on Great Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury pub could become home | Shaftesbury shop’s pop-up toy museum | Power cut closes town centre stores | Ray remembered with lights | Over 50s flu jabs | Shaftesbury artists exhibit | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Richard Foreman’s poetry | Long tail tit sounds