The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury nursing home measures residents’ happiness | Carnival community says goodbye to Ray Humphries | Does Dorset Council offer value for money? | How animal bones help archaeologists | Wildlife-friendly farming talk | David Griffin Shepherd of La Fleur de Lys | Gardening with Dirty Nails | Soundscapes - a raven on French Mill Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Chamber of Commerce plans click-and-collect point | Christmas light display remembers Ray Humphries | Cash support for Donheads and Semley locals | Resident tackles dangerous Win Green litter | Military wife trains for 10k fundraiser | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Guys Marsh soundscape

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Ladies FC’s fundraiser | Shaftesbury trader hopes click-and-collect will save Christmas trade | Karren and Kate chat ‘over the garden fence’ | Shaftesbury lockdown business updates | Shaftesbury events | Barkley Johnson’s story | Nick Crump plays The Last Post | Shaftesbury two-minute silence

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury COVID-19 cases up | Award for Shaftesbury’s sweetshop owners | Ideas for Christmas in Motcombe | Shaftesbury Library services continue | Tom Perrett’s weekly walk | Kate Scott’s chicken keeping diary | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Karen Cole reviews ‘Fifteen Coffins’ by Tony J Forder | A mistle thrush in Ashmore Woods

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset car park changes upset town council | Stallholders happy with lockdown market day trade | Takeaway message – how King Alfred’s Kitchen is facing lockdown | Ludwell beauty product business relaunches | Why you find wheatsheaves in Shaftesbury | Richard Foreman’s poetry | Dawn at Great Wincombe Woods

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury’s mayor rejects unlawful claims | Campaign to hold councillors to account | Affordable food for Shaftesbury locals | Soldier’s wife asks for firework notice | Dorset Council seeks views on climate emergency plan | Lockdown business changes | Shaftesbury yoga teacher Annie Wilson | Tweeting birds on Jubilee Steps

On today’s Alfred Daily: Town Council supports High Street market during lockdown | Business as normal for Dorset’s refuse services | 7 out of 10 for Dorset Council’s climate emergency strategy | Alfred launches extensive business lockdown list | Shaftesbury Oxfam shop’s lockdown arrangements | Sue Kidd discovers the magic of vintage van ‘Mavis’ | Semley residents ready to support self-isolating | A song thrush in Fontmell

On today’s Alfred Daily: Police called to overturned car near Shaftesbury | A homecoming climate activist’s experiences | Shaftesbury rector Helen Dawes is leaving Shaftesbury | Altered plans to mark remembrance | Shaftesbury’s Cancer Research UK shop specials | Shaftesbury football news with Dan Horsman | Gift ideas to support Shaftesbury food businesses | Wildlife-friendly gardening wit Dirty Nails | The silence of St Peter’s Church

On today’s Alfred Daily: MP opposes Shaftesbury market during lockdown | Family tree expert Liz Greenway | Shaftesbury woman reuniting missing dogs with owners | Shaftesbury lockdown business changes | Recycled lightshades impress Shaftesbury café diners | A vixen in Cann

On today’s Alfred Daily: North Dorset Police arrest wanted man | Shaftesbury friends launch Dorset artwork business | New Shaftesbury maths trail | Shaftesbury what’s on | Lockdown won’t stop Georgie's war on plastics | Over the garden fence with Kate and Karren | A spooky story from Hartgrove writer Barkley Johnson | Improvisation by Karen Wimhurst | Soundscapes - an autumn afternoon on Park Walk