The Alfred Daily

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury Abbey Primary’s new peace garden | A Shaftesbury shopkeeper hires a window artist | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Kate and Karren chat about escaped animals | A chilling Sunday story from Hartgrove writer Barkley Johnson | Another improvisation test for Karen Wimhurst | Shaftesbury’s Saturday buskers | Birds shelter in the Pine Walk woodland

On today’s Alfred Daily: ‘Concerning’ rise in Dorset COVID cases | Suspicious activity on The Maltings | Traditional sweet store opens in Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury forager Tom Perrett’s home brewed cider | Shaftesbury what’s ons and jobs | Paul Merefield’s pub quiz | Kate Scott’s weekly chicken keeping diary | Shaftesbury book reviewer Karen Cole | October afternoon at Rolt Millennium Green

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury identified as homebuying hotspot | Melbury Abbas appeals for help fighting Dinah’s Hollow plan | Wiltshire’s white horses | Appeal over refusal for new house next to Oxfam | Shaftesbury job vacancies | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Shaftesbury poet Richard Foreman | Medicinal herbalist Julie Wood on rosehips | A jackdaw, rook and wood pigeon in Fontmell

On today’s Alfred Daily: Inconsiderate parking on Gold Hill | New café extends Shaftesbury food choice | Mitre Inn offers daytime workspace | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Ferne Animal Sanctuary memories wanted | Record Shaftesbury rainfall | Feeding the birds with Brigit Strawbridge | Midday on Great Lane

On today’s Alfred Daily: Dorset Council backs Dinah’s Hollow works | Shaftesbury Council supports High Street shop division | Concerns about AONB app signage clutter | Shaftesbury’s Cancer Research UK shop bargains | Compton Abbas airfield supports appeal for pilot’s grandson | Sue Kidd’s Shaftesbury history | Wardour diary - new ways to cook lamb | The sounds of Shaftesbury Abbey

On today’s Alfred Daily: Name your Shaftesbury lockdown hero | A350 road rage incident | How 10pm closing affects Shaftesbury restaurants | Shaftesbury man will recycle your plastic | Arts Centre planning January show | Shaftesbury football with Dan Horsman | Wildlife-friendly gardening with Dirty Nails | A juvenile buzzard near Fontmell

On today’s Alfred Daily: Shaftesbury School’s future classroom debuts | Food foraging at Motcombe’s Gutchpool Farm | Shaftesbury residents complete virtual London Marathon | Swan’s Yard print shop stays until Christmas | Home Start North Dorset charity in merger | Winds in the Boyne Hollow Woods

On today’s Alfred Daily: Two major Shaftesbury area roads will be shut next week | Remembering a popular Motcombe man | Shaftesbury illustrator Sara Westaway | Neighbours Kate and Karren chat about van signage | Our Sunday short story from Barkley Johnson | A musical challenge for Karen Wimhurst | A West Melbury stream in heavy flow

On today’s Alfred Daily: Motcombe’s Coppleridge Inn changes hands | Dorset COVID cases remain very low | Documentary celebrates Shaftesbury Carnival spirit | Shaftesbury what’s ons | Paul Merefield’s quiz | Tom Perrett’s North Dorset walks - Fontmell Down | Kate’s chicken keeping diary | Shaftesbury book reviewer Karen Cole | A pheasant and a green woodpecker in Fontmell

On today’s Alfred Daily: Gold Hill history app is groundbreaking | Tesco responds following Shaftesbury store flooding | Donhead St Mary’s prepares for floods | Planning changes could ‘ride roughshod’ over Motcombe’s wishes | Shaftesbury weekend what’s ons | A walk on Breach Common | Medicinal herbalist Julie Wood on bramble’s properties | Wardour smallholder Mary Myers | Birdsong at Gutchpool Farm